# Background image url?

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/background-image-url/441890>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/background-image-url/441890 "2021-01-21T14:37:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vedantjangid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/vedantjangid/32/244311_2.png) [@vedantjangid](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/vedantjangid)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/background-image-url/441890/1 "2021-01-21T14:37:00Z")

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how do I give a path to my image in URL?`

```auto
.backgroundimg{
    background-image:url("images\image.jpg")
    
}

```

 ![Screenshot (93)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/original/3X/2/b/2b18dc927f65aef28f38e95bf0056aa0a6e3da5d.png)

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**Author:** ![biscuitmanz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/biscuitmanz/32/188814_2.png) [@biscuitmanz](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/biscuitmanz)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/background-image-url/441890/2 "2021-01-21T14:50:12Z")

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@vedantjangid hey,

you need to come out of your css folder with 2 dots to access the image folder `../images/image.jpg`

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**Author:** ![vedantjangid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/vedantjangid/32/244311_2.png) [@vedantjangid](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/vedantjangid)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/background-image-url/441890/3 "2021-01-21T14:54:49Z")

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thank you so much ive been stuck since 2 to 3 hours. 🤩

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/original/3X/e/1/e1c433102e34b46dfaa3e15d13ab9a514b127078.svg) [@system](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/background-image-url/441890/4 "2021-07-23T02:54:52Z")

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