# How to change default profile pictures?

**URL:** https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-change-default-profile-pictures/3492
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [July 9, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-change-default-profile-pictures/3492 "2017-07-09T19:20:22Z")
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### Author: ![inferno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df705f/32.png) [@inferno](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/inferno)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-change-default-profile-pictures/3492/1 "2017-07-09T19:20:22Z")

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Currently, the profile pictures are a solid color with an italicized first letter of the username.

Where can I change this for newly created profiles?  
Where/how are these generated?

Thank you.

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### Author: ![prixone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/prixone/32/1184_2.png) [@prixone](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/prixone)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-change-default-profile-pictures/3492/2 "2017-07-10T08:40:09Z")

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It seems to be generated on the server here [https://github.com/mattermost/platform/blob/master/app/user.go#L675](https://github.com/mattermost/platform/blob/master/app/user.go#L675)

But perhaps another dev could confirm this…