How to create and manage saved blocks

Last updated: March 12, 2025

Overview

Saved blocks allow you to save common layout blocks for reuse across visual builder emails.

Read on to learn how to create, use, and manage saved blocks.

What is a saved block?

Saved blocks are layout blocks that are synced across all emails they are inserted into unless you decide to unlink them.

Use saved blocks to create common layouts like signatures, headers, or logos without creating them individually for each email.

In the visual email builder, saved blocks are identified by their green selectors and a label bearing the block's name in the upper left corner.

Saved block limitations

  • Only available in the visual email builder

  • Cannot contain dynamic automation specific blocks like abandoned cart, price drop, or review request blocks

  • Cannot "nest" layouts within layouts

  • Layout style settings are not saved to your saved block library to avoid clashing with the various emails they are inserted into; you need to edit layout appearance for each saved block you insert

Save a layout

To save a layout for reuse:

  1. Select the layout you want to save

  2. Click the save icon*

  3. Enter a descriptive name for your saved block

  4. Optionally, select a category for your saved block

  5. Click Save

*If you don't see the save icon, you may have selected an individual element instead of the layout. Click just outside of the email builder to the right of the layout you want to select to highlight the layout and access the save icon:

Save a product block

Product blocks cannot be added to layouts, but you can save a product block as a saved block.

To save a product block:

  1. Add a product block to your email

  2. Configure your product block's settings

  3. Click the save icon

  4. Enter a descriptive name for your saved block

  5. Optionally, select a category for your saved block

  6. Click Save

Insert a saved block

To insert a saved block into an email:

  1. Click the Saved Block element

  2. Optionally, use the search bar to find the saved block

  3. Click on the saved block or drag it into the email

  4. Edit your saved block's layout settings

Unlink a saved block to make changes to a saved block that you don't want to be applied to the block in other emails.

When you unlink a saved block, it is turned into a non-saved layout block in the email you're working in.

You can still use the original saved block in other emails.

To unlink a saved block:

  1. Select the saved block

  2. Click the broken link icon

  3. Click Unlink

Edit a saved block

Edit a saved block's content in the email builder to have it updated in all other emails containing the block.

To edit a saved block's content:

  1. Open an email or template containing the saved block to be edited

  2. Select the saved block

  3. Click the pencil icon

  4. Click Edit

  5. Make your edits

  6. Click the Save button in the top right corner

To edit a saved block's layout settings:

  1. Open an email or template containing the saved block to be edited

  2. Select the saved block

  3. Click the pencil icon

  4. Click Edit

  5. Click in the gray area to the left of the saved block

  6. Make your changes

  7. Click the Save button in the top right corner

To edit a saved block's title or collection:

  1. Open any email or template

  2. Click the saved block element

  3. Under the saved block you want to delete, click Manage

  4. Make your desired changes

  5. Click Save

Delete a saved block

When you delete a saved block from your email, the saved block still exists.

When you delete a saved block from the saved block library, it is removed from the saved block collection, and any instances of the saved block in existing emails are converted into non-saved blocks.

To delete a saved block from the saved block library:

  1. Click the saved block element

  2. Under the saved block you want to delete, click Delete

  3. Click OK