# Selectable avatars

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/selectable-avatars/92656>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** new-feature\
**Created:** [July 18, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selectable-avatars/92656 "2018-07-18T16:17:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![markschmucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/markschmucker/32/141599_2.png) [@markschmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markschmucker)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selectable-avatars/92656/7 "2018-12-23T01:17:59Z")

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> [@orangeandblack5](#):
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> I know that my home site would really get some usage out of this provided it isn’t enforced that you _must_ have one of these avatars, and that it was just another option alongside the letter/gravatar/custom image. Is that how this works, and if not, could it be an option?

I would love to use this feature too, but can’t delete profile pics for those who have already uploaded one.

Tight control is not the only valid use case. My site encourages photos but in the absence of photos, we would at least like to be able to visually differentiate users at a glance. The colored letters don’t do that very well; avatars from a list would do it much better.

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