# Ability to upload custom icons **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\ **Created:** [November 12, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-upload-custom-icons/54702 "2021-11-12T09:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Strauman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/strauman/32/33981_2.png) [@Strauman](https://community.homey.app/u/Strauman)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-upload-custom-icons/54702/1 "2021-11-12T09:03:24Z")
So the Virtual Devices app has an option to upload your own SVG image as an icon. This is really cool and really makes my Homey app look more intuitive and easy to use. I really wish that this was an option in Homey: to upload your own custom SVG icons! ---
**Author:** ![Henk\_Renting](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/henk_renting/32/87634_2.png) [@Henk\_Renting](https://community.homey.app/u/Henk_Renting)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-upload-custom-icons/54702/2 "2021-11-12T09:24:44Z")
Best to mail your requests to [support@athom.com](mailto:support@athom.com), since they do not read along here (at least, they say)… ---
**Author:** ![Strauman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/strauman/32/33981_2.png) [@Strauman](https://community.homey.app/u/Strauman)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-upload-custom-icons/54702/3 "2021-11-12T09:48:51Z")
> [@Strauman](#): > > So the Virtual Devices app has an option to upload your own SVG image as an icon. This is really cool and really makes my Homey app look more intuitive and easy to use. > > I really wish that this was an option in Homey: to upload your own custom SVG icons! Done! Thanks for the info! ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-upload-custom-icons/54702/4 "2021-11-12T16:39:27Z")
There is already the same request. Please like the request with a ❤ so that the request gets a higher priority. > [@Select you own icon for a device](https://community.homey.app/t/select-you-own-icon-for-a-device/41473): > > It would be a great feature to be able to select your own icon for a device. Especially for switches, sockets, sensors, etc. it would help a lot to be able to select an icon from a library to show a visual that displays the attached device/appliance or for instance a door or a window. This would, in my opinion, improve the usability of the app’s a lot as you don’t have to read, but in a room of the house you have an immediate visual display if the items connected and available. Especially for r… ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ability-to-upload-custom-icons/54702/5 "2024-08-27T18:42:50Z")
Archived on August 27, 2024, 6:42pm UTC