# How are avatars stored and accessed?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-avatars-stored-and-accessed/53065>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [2016 年 11 月 18 日午前 6:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-avatars-stored-and-accessed/53065 "2016-11-18T06:55:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [2016 年 11 月 18 日午後 9:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-avatars-stored-and-accessed/53065/4 "2016-11-18T21:43:40Z")

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Sorry, I misread your original post and misunderstood your question.

When S3 is enabled, avatars are stored like any other images: in the “`/original`” directory for the uploaded file and in the “`/optimized`” directory for the different thumbnails.

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