Changing Your Minecraft Server Icon

Prepare Your Icon

A server icon must follow three simple rules to be able to be used on a minecraft server.
- The icon must be 64×64 pixels in size
- The icon must be named server-icon
- The icon must be in .PNG format

How to check the picture size

Windows:
Right Click the image and select Properties.
Select the Details tab on the top to view the dimensions.

Mac:
Right Click the image and select Get Info.
The dimensions will be listed under the More Info section.

If your image is not currently 64×64 pixels there are simple ways you can convert the dimensions! We recommend using Image Resizer

How to resize the icon

Head to the resizing website here .
Click Select Image and find the icon you wish to use and hit Open.
You will now want to select the Dimensions instead of Percentage and enter 64 for the width and height. Then click Resize.
After a few seconds you should see a blue box popup with a download button. Click download to download the resized icon.

Your server icon may not be following the proper naming conventions or file format at this point. If this is the case you will want to fix that when saving the resized image. If the Save as Type shows any format other than PNG image you will want to click the dropdown and select All Files. You will then want to enter the name you save it as to be server-icon.png . If the Save as Type is already PNG just set the name to server-icon.
Once this is complete you would have successfully resized, renamed, and formatted the image to work on your server. The next steps would be to upload the image directly into your server’s files.

Upload to Your Server

Once you have a properly sized, named, and formatted image you will be able to then upload it to your server to let it start displaying in the server list.

Head to your control panel and stop your server.
To the left of the game panel, navigate to the Management > File Manager tab.
To the right of the panel, you will see three dots. Click this and then press the upload button. Navigate to the image and press open.

Common Issues

Server/Server List Refresh

If you are not seeing the image display in your Minecraft server list you will want to be sure you have restarted the server after uploading as well as refresh the server list in-game. If it is still not showing you can also try re-adding the server to the list in-game. If it once again does not show then you most likely have encountered one of the following other issues.

Incorrect Name

Sometimes if you are renaming the file after it is already uploaded you might find that it is not correct. Since the file format, in this case .png, is included in the name on the panel you might forget to include it when renaming the file server-icon.

Incorrect Size

The image may not be displayed due to it being too large or too small. You can check the image dimensions on your PC in most cases by right-clicking and selecting Properties. Once this window is open you can then head to the details tab to see the image dimensions. Anything other than 64 pixels in width and height will not work on the server.

If the image is not the correct dimensions then you can use this resizing site to fix that.

Updated on: 05/11/2024