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Preview a creative

Last update: October 10, 2026

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You can preview a creative as viewers will see it, including hyperlinks.

From the new UI

  1. In the main menu, click Creative > Creative Libraries.

  2. (Optional) Customize the view to include specific libraries.

  3. Open the library in either of the following ways:

    • Click the library name.

    • Next to the library name, click … > Open.

  4. On the Creatives tab, click … next to the creative name, and then click Preview.

    For HTML5 and flexible HTML5 creatives, you can move between the Layers, Details, and Attributes tabs for more details.

  5. (Optional) To open the landing page for the creative, click the creative.

  1. (Optional; when available) To download the creative, click Download .

    The file is downloaded according to your browser’s normal procedure.

  2. (Optional; when available) To share a demo URL so that other people without a login to Creative can preview the creatives:

    1. Click Share in the upper right of the preview.

    2. In the Share demo URL dialog, click Copy to copy the URL to your clipboard so that you can share it with someone else.

From the legacy UI

  1. In the main menu, click Creative > Creative Libraries.

  2. Click Switch to classic UI.

  3. Click the library name.

  4. On the Creatives > Standard Ads tab or the Creatives > Dynamic Ads tab, select the creative:

    • In card view, click … next to the creative name, and then click Preview.

    • In table view, hold the cursor over the row and click Preview.

  5. (Optional when available) To resize the image within the screen, select an option in the Zoom list, from 10% to 100% of the image size.

  6. (Flexible HTML5 creatives; optional) To scroll between the frames for the creative, click < and >.

  7. (Video creatives; optional) Do any of the following using the controls under the creative:

    • Play or stop the video.

    • Mute or unmute the sound.

    • Open the video in full-screen mode and exit full-screen mode.

    • From More Options, download the video, change the playback speed, or change to picture-in-picture.

  8. (Optional; non-video creatives) To open the landing page for the creative, click the creative.

  9. (Optional) To download the creative, click Download .

    The file is downloaded according to your browser’s normal procedure.

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