Customize the Next Experience login background illustration

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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Customize and change the background illustration applied to your Next Experience login page.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

This procedure is specific to login pages and does not apply if you are using Single Sign-On (SSO).

The background illustration that you upload automatically scales to fit the screen.

Navigate to All > System UI > Images.
Select New to create an image record.
On the new image record, enter a file name such as login_background.jpg

Note: Image names must end with .gif, .png, .jpg, .ico, .svg or .bmp.
Select Click to add image.

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Image record form with Name entered and Click to add image selected.

Choose your image file.
Select Update.

The Images table displays.
Enter your file name in the Name field to confirm your new image is listed.
Navigate to the All menu and enter sys_properties.list in the filter navigator.
Select New to create a system property.
In the Name field, enter glide.ui.login.style.background.image.
In the Value field, enter your image file name.
In the Type drop-down list, select String.
Verify that the Ignore cache option is selected.
Select Submit.

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System property new record with Submit selected.

Log out of your experience to view the new login page background.