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How to download and open an SVG file

Our SVG downloads are single files, not ZIPs, and land in your Downloads folder: Downloads in File Explorer or Finder, the Files app on an iPhone or iPad, Files on Android. A double-click may open them in a browser, which is only the computer’s default app. Open the SVG from inside your cutting software instead: Upload in Design Space, File > Open in Silhouette Studio.

The download lands in Downloads on every device; upload it from inside your cutting software.
  1. Download the SVGChoose one design on its pack page.
  2. Find the fileYour browser’s downloads list shows which folder it is in.
  3. Upload it to your softwareChoose the .svg file, then check its size and which lines cut or score.

Where the file went

DeviceLook inOpen it from
WindowsDownloads in File ExplorerYour cutting software’s Upload, Open or Import
MacDownloads in FinderYour cutting software’s Upload, Open or Import
iPhone, iPadFiles app, Downloads folderDesign Space: Upload on the bottom toolbar, then browse files
AndroidFiles app, DownloadsDesign Space: Upload on the bottom toolbar

It opens in a browser

An .svg file shows a browser icon because the browser is set to open .svg files. The file is fine. Open it from your cutting software, or change the default app: on Windows, Settings > Apps > Default apps, type .svg; on a Mac, Get Info, Open with, then Change All.

SVG opens in a browser →

Open it in your cutting software

SoftwareCommand
Cricut Design SpaceUpload > Upload Image, then browse
Silhouette StudioFile > Open (SVG needs Designer Edition or higher; Basic opens the DXF)
Brother CanvasWorkspaceImport from your computer
xTool Creative SpaceImport
LightBurnFile > Import, or drag the file into the window

A worked example

On a phone: open our arch label page, tap the SVG download, and the file arch.svg lands in Downloads. In Design Space, tap Upload, browse to Downloads and pick arch.svg; it comes in 60 × 62 mm. If the file picker greys it out, you are in a picture-only view: choose browse files instead of photos.

See the arch label →

If the software cannot see it

Check you are browsing the folder your browser’s download list shows. On a phone, the photo picker shows pictures only; an SVG is a file, so use the file browser. If the software sees the file but refuses it, the problem is inside the file, not where it is.

Check the SVG →

SVG will not upload →

From the maker’s documentation: Apple: where to find downloads on iPhone or iPad, Google: find files on Android, Microsoft: change default apps in Windows, Apple: choose an app to open a file on Mac, Cricut: image upload instructions.