When you take a photo, you are the rightful owner of the content. Licensing gives you control of how others can use your photos. Our goal is to help you understand how to change your photo licenses and to understand the difference between each type.

How to Change Your License on Flickr

Updates to license types can be done exclusively on a desktop & can be updated as often as you’d like.

One photo at a time

1. Sign in to Flickr on a desktop.
2. Click on the selected photo to open the photo page.
3. Next to the ⓒ icon, select the arrow to open the drop-down menu.
4. Select your desired license type to apply it.

Multiple photos at once (for Pro users only)

1. Mouse over  You ; select  Camera Roll .
2. Select the photos you want to change.
3. Click  Edit .
4. Select your new license from the "Copyright protection level" menu.
5. Click Save .

Default license applied to new uploads

Your default license settings only apply to new photos you upload.

1. Click your  Profile Photo .
2. Click  Settings .
3. Click the  Privacy & Permissions tab .
4. Click  Edit  beside "What license will your content have."
5. Select your new license, then click  Set Default License .

Licenses supported by Flickr

Below are the license types supported by Flickr. Visit the accompanying link to learn more about each type.

All Rights Reserved 

You, the copyright holder, reserve all rights provided by copyright law, such as the right to make copies, distribute your work, perform your work, license, or otherwise exploit your work; no rights are waived under this license.

Please note : If you are wishing to use any content that appears on Flickr, you must first contact the account holder to obtain their permission before moving forward with using any of their imagery, as doing so without their permission could potentially constitute copyright infringement.
We recommend using  FlickrMail  to get in touch with the owner of the photo.

Public Domain Work

To learn more, visit:  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

To learn more, visit:  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Attribution

To learn more, visit:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Attribution-ShareAlike

To learn more, visit:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Attribution-NoDerivs

To learn more, visit:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

Attribution-NonCommercial

To learn more, visit:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

To learn more, visit:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

To learn more, visit:  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

Special Licenses

Flickr must set up the following license types especially for your account. Once your account is configured for either of these types, you can only upload images of that one type. To simply release the copyright of your images or declare them in the public domain, consider using the more flexible and widely used Public Domain or CC0 licenses instead of reconfiguring your account.

United States government work

To learn more, visit:  http://www.usa.gov/government-works/  and  Contact Flickr to request this license type  for your account.

No known copyright restrictions

To learn more, visit:  https://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ , as well as  The Commons FAQ  for frequently asked questions and to apply to join the Flickr Commons.