# Cannot change project icon

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cannot-change-project-icon/34003>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [July 31, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cannot-change-project-icon/34003 "2022-07-31T15:09:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![rainieria](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/rainieria/32/9491_2.png) [@rainieria](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/rainieria)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cannot-change-project-icon/34003/1 "2022-07-31T15:09:02Z")

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In my umbrella project at [https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/dipterists-forum](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/dipterists-forum) I am unable to change the icon.  
I can delete it fine but when I then come to replace it with another one it reverts to the original image even though the text of the file indicates the correct name of the new icon.

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**Author:** ![pisum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@pisum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pisum)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cannot-change-project-icon/34003/2 "2022-08-01T03:55:19Z")

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for what it’s worth, i’m able to replicate this on a collection project. i’m noticing, too, that the reversion is specific for a given file extension. so you could probably work around the problem by using a different kind of image file for your new image. for example, if the original image was .jpg, replace it with a .png image. (of course, you will have only a limited number of file extensions to work from.)

by the way, this might be the same problem that was reported as [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cant-change-project-icon-image/32916](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cant-change-project-icon-image/32916).

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UPDATE: i noticed that the new image does eventually get replaced later at some point. (it seems to be related to some sort of delay / caching on the server, as opposed to any caching happening on the client browser.) so maybe if you just wait long enough, that is a solution, too. did your icon eventually get replaced, too?