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AEM Assets View: Duplicate assets created when setting background image and logo in Search First configuration

Last update: July 31, 2026

This article explains why duplicate assets appear in Adobe Experience Manager Assets View when configuring the Search First landing page with a background image and logo.

Description description

Environment

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Assets View (all versions)

Issue/Symptoms

When configuring the Search First landing page in Assets View and selecting a background image or logo from the asset repository, the system creates a duplicate of the selected asset in a dedicated settings location. This results in additional asset copies in the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, which causes confusion for users who expect the original asset to be referenced directly.

  • After selecting an image or logo, an asynchronous copy job is triggered.
  • The duplicate asset appears under /content/dam/appdata (for background images) or /content/dam/appdata/searchFirstSettings/logo/ (for logos).
  • No error messages are displayed, but users notice unexpected asset copies in the DAM.

Cause

This is expected product behavior. The system copies the selected asset to a dedicated settings location to ensure consistent branding and prevent accidental modification or deletion of the original asset.

Resolution resolution

Follow the steps below to resolve the issue:

  1. Review the behavior: Understand that when a background image or logo is selected for the Search First homepage in Assets View, AEM intentionally copies the asset to a dedicated configuration path rather than referencing the original asset directly.

  2. Locate the copied assets:

    • Background images are copied to: /content/dam/appdata
    • Logos are copied to: /content/dam/appdata/searchFirstSettings/logo/

  3. To reduce confusion or limit visibility of these duplicates:

    • Configure Access Control Lists (ACLs) on the /content/dam/appdata and /content/dam/appdata/searchFirstSettings/logo/ paths so that only appropriate admin users can view or manage these assets.
    • Reference Adobe documentation for further details: Configure background image and logo for Search First
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