# Custom Library Section Icons
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [August 31, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726 "2012-08-31T03:24:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@lazybones](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lazybones)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/1 "2012-08-31T03:24:30Z")
Kind of a pain on roku since there are no lables
I have several TV and Movie sections, and when browsing on the roku you can't see the section name till you select it.. Also on the iOS client the icon is dominant vs the little label.
I would love to be able to add clear distinct icons to each of these so I could pick out Kids sections VS my Movie and TV sections etc.
I am not sure if these icons are hard coded in the current clients or dynamically loaded however I am sure legacy support would not be an issue and newer clients could just check for a custom icon.
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### Author:  [@friedflix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/friedflix)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/2 "2012-08-31T14:05:52Z")
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> I have several TV and Movie sections, and when browsing on the roku you can't see the section name till you select it.. Also on the iOS client the icon is dominant vs the little label.
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> I would love to be able to add clear distinct icons to each of these so I could pick out Kids sections VS my Movie and TV sections etc.
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> I am not sure if these icons are hard coded in the current clients or dynamically loaded however I am sure legacy support would not be an issue and newer clients could just check for a custom icon.
This is actually available on the Roku client. If you have setup custom icons in PMM, you need to chose the square icon setting for the Roku client and they will show up, I have done this....
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### Author:  [@lazybones](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lazybones)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/3 "2012-08-31T14:29:56Z")
? How do you change the Library icon in PMM?
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### Author:  [@friedflix](https://forums.plex.tv/u/friedflix)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/4 "2012-08-31T14:33:25Z")
this was originally posted way back in the PlexGrid beta, but applicable today…
[http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/38599-new-beta-too-much-awesomeness-to-fit-in-this-title/page\_\_view\_\_findpost\_\_p\_\_245239](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/38599-new-beta-too-much-awesomeness-to-fit-in-this-title/page __view__ findpost __p__ 245239)
just to be clear, in the PMM, when a section is highlighted, change section artwork, choose Icon.
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### Author:  [@watso4183](https://forums.plex.tv/u/watso4183)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/5 "2012-09-01T16:50:45Z")
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> this was originally posted way back in the PlexGrid beta, but applicable today...
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> http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/38599-new-beta-too-much-awesomeness-to-fit-in-this-title/page\_\_view\_\_findpost\_\_p\_\_245239
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> just to be clear, in the PMM, when a section is highlighted, change section artwork, choose Icon.
This option is greyed out for me, and every thread I've found citing this feature indicates it's not enabled.
I have a Linux server and a Windows server running, and it's disabled on both.
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### Author:  [@lazybones](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lazybones)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/6 "2012-09-02T00:16:21Z")
The “Customize Section” button is always disabled (Windows / Linux)… As far as I can tell it has never been available other than MAYBE on the OSX PMS?
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### Author:  [@lazybones](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lazybones)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/7 "2012-09-02T01:52:55Z")
According to this thread it was basically never fixed / completed.
[http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/28810-customize-section-button-doesnt-work/](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/28810-customize-section-button-doesnt-work/)
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### Author:  [@lazybones](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lazybones)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/8 "2012-09-23T23:20:06Z")
I was hoping for a developer response on this one since it looks like there was some effort to make such a feature but it was never complete.
It is most needed on the Roku since the text does not appear till the icon is selected, so for those of us with several sections we just have a long row of movie and TV icons with no meaning.
The mobile iOS and Android clients also use the icons, they at least have the text under them but it wold look much sharper if we could customize those icons for quicker identification and style.
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### Author:  [@diamondsw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/diamondsw)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/9 "2012-10-16T05:02:12Z")
Voting to either finish it (preferred) or remove it from the Mac server. One way or another - don’t leave half-implemented broken stuff in there.
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### Author:  [@Chip\_Mini\_Moon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Chip_Mini_Moon)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/10 "2012-10-16T19:18:55Z")
Do not remove it from Mac PMS =P I like my custom icons
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### Author:  [@diamondsw](https://forums.plex.tv/u/diamondsw)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2012, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/11 "2012-10-16T20:02:15Z")
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> Do not remove it from Mac PMS =P I like my custom icons
Do they actually show up anywhere? I tried setting them a while back, but they didn't appear in the desktop client, iOS clients, web client - anywhere that I could tell.
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### Author:  [@Chip\_Mini\_Moon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Chip_Mini_Moon)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/12 "2012-10-17T03:18:02Z")
My main devices are android devices and roku’s and they show up on: Vizio Co-Star, All Roku’s, and Playbook
Your right iOS, Desktop, and Web Client they do not show
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### Author:  [@lazybones](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lazybones)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/13 "2012-10-17T04:44:46Z")
So you need an Apple server but you need a non- apple device to see them client side… That is one very odd, very incomplete feature.
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### Author:  [@jackandjohn](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jackandjohn)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/14 "2013-01-05T03:50:37Z")
After going back and forth looking for someone else to answer it, I just went through the code myself, and found that you can update the database in the file “com.plexapp.plugins.library.db” with the user\_thumb\_url (icon), and user\_art\_url (fanart) for each section individually.
**The change shows up on the Roku by exiting the channel and going back in.**
Check the rundown here if you are interested in more detail: [http://raspberrypihtpc.wordpress.com/how-to/how-to-plex-media-server-change-the-section-icons/](http://raspberrypihtpc.wordpress.com/how-to/how-to-plex-media-server-change-the-section-icons/)
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### Author:  [@lenaxia](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lenaxia)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/15 "2013-11-15T23:05:13Z")
It's great that there's a workaround for it but this really should be an integrated feature.
I'd love to have this as well!
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### Author:  [@pruitt62](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pruitt62)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/16 "2013-11-17T18:03:25Z")
I made these changes to my system last Spring. It makes for a much more pleasant viewing experience. My PMS server is on a Win7 machine, and I use all Roku's in my house, All my shared users use either Plex/Web, or Roku's, for the most part. I followed the directions on the following Blog page to do this, and host all my icons that are used on a PhotoBucket account.
[http://raspberrypihtpc.wordpress.com/how-to/how-to-plex-media-server-change-the-section-icons/](http://raspberrypihtpc.wordpress.com/how-to/how-to-plex-media-server-change-the-section-icons/)
My section icons when viewed in Plex/Web look like basically the following now (I've made some changes since this was captured, but you get the idea...).
It's very simple to do. I spent far more time creating some of the custom icons then I ever did in actually setting any of this up.
Have fun!
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### Author:  [@lenaxia](https://forums.plex.tv/u/lenaxia)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/17 "2013-11-18T22:03:39Z")
If I can get SQLite working with visual studio 2013 I think I'll build a library icon changer.
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/18 "2021-02-26T00:09:56Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate
While this is one of the first suggestions for that feature, the discussion is heavily laced with outdated features or UI references. Therefore closing those older ones in favor of a more recent version
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-library-section-icons/20726/19 "2021-06-10T00:18:27Z")