# Any way to prevent local download of external images?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-prevent-local-download-of-external-images/63924
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [Junho 5, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-prevent-local-download-of-external-images/63924 "2017-06-05T01:21:59Z")
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### Author: ![tjb1013](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tjb1013/32/120402_2.png) [@tjb1013](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tjb1013)
#### Post date: [Junho 5, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-prevent-local-download-of-external-images/63924/1 "2017-06-05T01:21:59Z")

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I’m trying to embed an image in a post that changes (image URL remains the same). Basically a counter.

Any way to prevent the local download of the external image?

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### Author: ![tjb1013](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tjb1013/32/120402_2.png) [@tjb1013](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tjb1013)
#### Post date: [Junho 5, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-prevent-local-download-of-external-images/63924/2 "2017-06-05T03:15:17Z")

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Sorry … just found the setting to exclude domains and that will work in this instance…

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [Junho 6, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-way-to-prevent-local-download-of-external-images/63924/3 "2017-06-06T13:38:03Z")

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