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How to Add a Server Icon to a Minecraft Server

Show your own picture next to your server in the Minecraft multiplayer list.

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The server icon is the picture players see next to your server in their multiplayer list.

Make the image

  • It must be a PNG.
  • It must be exactly 64 × 64 pixels.
  • It must be called server-icon.png (all lowercase).

Most image editors can resize to 64 × 64. Simple, bold images read best at that size.

Upload it

  1. Open your server and go to Files.
  2. Stay in the top folder (where server.properties is).
  3. Drag server-icon.png into the file list to upload it.
  4. Go to Console and click Restart.

Refresh your multiplayer list in Minecraft to see the new icon.

If it doesn't show

  • Wrong size or format. Minecraft ignores icons that aren't a 64 × 64 PNG. A JPG renamed to .png won't work.
  • Wrong folder. It must sit next to server.properties, not inside world or plugins.
  • Wrong name. Server-Icon.png or server-icon.png.png won't be found. Check the name in Files.
  • Old cache. Minecraft caches icons. Remove the server from your list and add it again.

Note

Bungee and Velocity networks show the proxy's icon, so put server-icon.png on the proxy server.

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