You need to enable navigation and edit navigationText: > Assuming this is version 1.3.2 owlgraphic.com/owlcarousel/#customizing Note: It appears the site for Owl 1.3 is now down, so here is a forked Codepen example. $(“#owl-example”).owlCarousel({ navigation: true, navigationText: [“<img src=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31224192/myprevimage.png”>”,”<img src=”mynextimage.png”>”] }); > Assuming it’s version 2: https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2/docs/api-options.html#nav $(“#owl-example”).owlCarousel({ nav: true, navText: [“<img src=”https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31224192/myprevimage.png”>”,”<img src=”mynextimage.png”>”] }); … Read more