# Bring custom photos to pots

**URL:** <https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169>\
**Category:** Feedback & Ideas\
**Created:** [28 December 2017 19:25 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169 "2017-12-28T19:25:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![anon64520227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@anon64520227](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon64520227)\
**Post date:** [28 December 2017 19:25 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/1 "2017-12-28T19:25:48Z")

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It’s a small feature that I can most definitely wait for, however, it would be nice to be able to upload a photo to use as a thumbnail for our pots. My most used current pot is a savings pot for a car, and it would be nice to have a little visual reminder as to what i’m saving for.

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**Author:** ![anon44204028](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@anon44204028](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon44204028)\
**Post date:** [28 December 2017 19:52 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/2 "2017-12-28T19:52:19Z")

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Here is a custom photo for you

![](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/monzo/original/2X/4/42c4df3f558eed376ea034338ef162c855ade4fb.jpg)

only joking

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**Author:** ![anon63543507](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@anon63543507](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon63543507)\
**Post date:** [28 February 2018 13:10 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/3 "2018-02-28T13:10:40Z")

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I want this feature too, I’ve got a few pots on the go for different holidays, one for Christmas and one for birthdays. It would be nice to have a custom image for each

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**Author:** ![anon84948068](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@anon84948068](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon84948068)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2018 14:22 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/4 "2018-03-15T14:22:56Z")

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Are there any plans to increase the number of designs for pots available on the app, or perhaps even allow for user created designs?

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**Author:** ![anon21222882](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon21222882](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon21222882)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2018 15:12 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/5 "2018-03-15T15:12:15Z")

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Hi @anon84948068 😊 Just took your original post and merged it into this already existing thread. We’re still thinking about how custom images on Pots will work on the app internally. I think @cookywook says it best below ⬇

> [@Pots - Feedback Thread honey\_pot](https://community.monzo.com/t/pots-feedback-thread/32104/45):
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> Probably not. Hosting custom images opens up quite a few new complications. (Do we let you upload ANY image as a Pot?). If we were interested, we’d rather increase the number of default options or integrate with some kind of library instead.

Hope that’s a little clearer! Do you have any ideas about how we could add this to Pots? We’d love to hear your thoughts!

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**Author:** ![anon21222882](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon21222882](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon21222882)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2018 15:13 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/6 "2018-03-15T15:13:04Z")

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Also, just in case you all wanted to get involved in the megathread for Pots Feedback, it can be found [right over here 🍯](https://community.monzo.com/t/pots-feedback-thread/32104/)

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**Author:** ![Demmedelusive](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/demmedelusive/32/62464_2.png) [@Demmedelusive](https://community.monzo.com/u/Demmedelusive)\
**Post date:** [17 March 2018 23:40 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/7 "2018-03-17T23:40:05Z")

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I suspect niceties like these will surface once the current account gains momentum.

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**Author:** ![anon77363772](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@anon77363772](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon77363772)\
**Post date:** [17 March 2018 23:52 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/8 "2018-03-17T23:52:48Z")

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I agree - especially since they first have to recoup some of the losses made during the prepaid era.

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**Author:** ![evangelskies](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/evangelskies/32/48755_2.png) [@evangelskies](https://community.monzo.com/u/evangelskies)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2018 00:23 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/9 "2018-03-18T00:23:45Z")

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> [@Starling Feedback](https://community.monzo.com/t/starling-feedback/9345/1838):
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> Monzo’s Pots give us a cassette tape, a pig and a very odd–looking house

Oh my god _this_. I’ve mentioned in Slack before that the house looks like a funeral picture (at a wake in Asia). I initially assumed it was a pot for saving for your funeral, a little morbid but I think discussion about it has come up on the forum [before](https://community.monzo.com/t/when-i-die/27283). Even if you didn’t know that existed, you still wouldn’t realise it was a house right off the bat imo.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/original/3X/9/7/97012995e7a77a5655cbd90488a4e158fdf9e26a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![j06](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/j06/32/97044_2.png) [@j06](https://community.monzo.com/u/j06)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2018 00:29 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/10 "2018-03-18T00:29:03Z")

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And, I mean, come _on_, a _cassette tape_??! Revolutionary? Yes in the 1960s. Relevant today? Nope.

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**Author:** ![evangelskies](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/evangelskies/32/48755_2.png) [@evangelskies](https://community.monzo.com/u/evangelskies)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2018 00:30 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/11 "2018-03-18T00:30:32Z")

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I think a record player or something would have been better served 🤔 presumably a pot for saving up for gigs and festivals?

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**Author:** ![Rat\_au\_van](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/rat_au_van/32/49103_2.png) [@Rat\_au\_van](https://community.monzo.com/u/Rat_au_van)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2018 01:01 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/12 "2018-03-18T01:01:36Z")

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Probably showing my age but I like the cassette…

And the slightly disfigured pig. I’ve called him Bob

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**Author:** ![Chad](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/chad/32/15497_2.png) [@Chad](https://community.monzo.com/u/Chad)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2018 06:33 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/13 "2018-03-18T06:33:08Z")

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Back to the beginning  
It would be nice to attach a picture of choice to the pots. Make the whole thing a little more personal  
Maybe this will arrive with the ability to automatically set payments into and out off the pot.  
Possibly with a feature that incorporates a target level and an indicator to state how well you are doing against that target  
Unfortunately this is sounding a lot like Starling now 🙉

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**Author:** ![anon24388541](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@anon24388541](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon24388541)\
**Post date:** [19 March 2018 20:56 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/14 "2018-03-19T20:56:07Z")

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I find it annoying that you can’t change the background image of a pot after you have created it. If I want to change the image I have to delete the pot and then create a new one from scratch. At least this is the case on Android. Will this change anytime soon?

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**Author:** ![TomEdwards](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/tomedwards/32/13195_2.png) [@TomEdwards](https://community.monzo.com/u/TomEdwards)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2018 11:31 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/15 "2018-04-02T11:31:41Z")

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> [@anon21222882](#):
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> Probably not. Hosting custom images opens up quite a few new complications. (Do we let you upload ANY image as a Pot?). If we were interested, we’d rather increase the number of default options or integrate with some kind of library instead.

I really don’t see how / why this is an issue. In this modern age how difficult is it to host / upload an image? Starling is doing it just fine. I think this feature in Pots is crucial.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![DaveTMG](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/davetmg/32/53594_2.png) [@DaveTMG](https://community.monzo.com/u/DaveTMG)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2018 17:16 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/16 "2018-04-02T17:16:08Z")

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> [@anon21222882](#):
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> (Do we let you upload ANY image as a Pot?)

Yes.

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**Author:** ![Rat\_au\_van](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/rat_au_van/32/49103_2.png) [@Rat\_au\_van](https://community.monzo.com/u/Rat_au_van)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2018 17:23 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/17 "2018-04-02T17:23:55Z")

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Within reason 😁

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**Author:** ![DaveTMG](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/davetmg/32/53594_2.png) [@DaveTMG](https://community.monzo.com/u/DaveTMG)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2018 17:29 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/18 "2018-04-02T17:29:45Z")

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I just don’t see it as a problem - realistically, what will happen? I’m sure all the weirdos will flock to monzo to share tiny pics of their favourite perversion through pots…

![IMG_0295](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/original/3X/9/1/91d67f9c87358b375c4e274a19744f9f0c367581.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Rat\_au\_van](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/rat_au_van/32/49103_2.png) [@Rat\_au\_van](https://community.monzo.com/u/Rat_au_van)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2018 17:30 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/19 "2018-04-02T17:30:31Z")

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If we are allowed custom images I’m going to use that one

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**Author:** ![kieranmch](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/kieranmch/32/43672_2.png) [@kieranmch](https://community.monzo.com/u/kieranmch)\
**Post date:** [2 April 2018 19:51 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/bring-custom-photos-to-pots/30169/20 "2018-04-02T19:51:14Z")

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I’d really like to see us integrate with Unsplash ([https://unsplash.com/](https://unsplash.com/)) so we can choose from their massive photo library.

I’ll add it to the list 😃

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