Pexels Acceptable Use Policy

Last updated: October 20th, 2026

All Pexels users must comply with Pexels’ Acceptable Use Policy. This Policy places certain restrictions on the content you can upload and how you use Pexels.

Pexels reserves the right to determine whether content or conduct violates this Policy at its sole discretion. This Policy may be updated from time to time.

Anti-discrimination

Pexels does not support and will not tolerate its Service being used to discriminate against others, especially when based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin. You are not permitted to use the Service in a manner which would or would likely incite, promote or support such discrimination and you must not use the Service to incite or promote hostility or violence. If we believe in our sole determination that your use of the Service is being used to discriminate, especially if based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry or national origin, we may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the Service without notice and liability for any reason.

General use

You agree not to upload content, or use Pexels, directly or indirectly, in any manner that:

1. Promotes, encourages or creates a risk of physical or mental harm, violence, emotional distress, death, disability, or disfigurement to yourself, any person, or animal;
2. Promotes or creates a risk of harm, loss or damage to any property;
3. Seeks to or otherwise harms, grooms, abuses, sexualizes or exploits children (anyone under the age of 18);
4. Is harassing, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, defamatory, invasive of personal privacy or publicity rights, libelous, bullying or threatening;
5. Discriminates, incites, or promotes discrimination against others based on race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry, national origin, or any other basis;
6. Is sexually explicit or pornographic or contains intimate images shared without consent;
7. Involves the sale or promotion of illegal activities, products, or services;
8. Is fraudulent or promotes fraudulent activity;
9. Violates the rights of any individual or third party, including their intellectual property and data privacy rights;
10. Contains any information or content that you do not have a right to make available under any law or due to confidentiality, contractual, or fiduciary duties;
11. Contains any information or disinformation that is false, deceptive, or misleading or otherwise promotes, endorses, encourages, or facilitates the spread of false information;
12. Violates any applicable law or promotes activities that are illegal in nature, including terrorism;
13. Threatens or undermines democratic processes or institutions.

Please also note that Pexels does not permit the upload of content created with generative AI technology (i.e. machine learning tools that generate content from text prompts or other inputs). See para. 7B of the Terms of Service for more details.