# How to change the icon of an extension?

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-change-the-icon-of-an-extension/5441>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 9, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-change-the-icon-of-an-extension/5441 "2021-01-09T00:54:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-change-the-icon-of-an-extension/5441/1 "2021-01-09T00:54:22Z")

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I know there is an explanation at [https://makecode.com/playground#basic-ns-color](https://makecode.com/playground#basic-ns-color), but I don’t understand it.

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**Author:** ![darzu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/darzu/32/1882_2.png) [@darzu](https://forum.makecode.com/u/darzu)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-change-the-icon-of-an-extension/5441/2 "2021-01-09T01:28:51Z")

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Do you have an extension started?

To set the icon, you need to set a property on the namespace like this:

> <https://github.com/microsoft/arcade-text/blob/master/text.ts#L99>

That “uf031” is a unicode character in the Font Awesome 4 library: [https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/icons/](https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/icons/)

Specifically this character: [https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/icon/font](https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/icon/font)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/f/f994e22384ff691f79edd676c091bf316b29ef7a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-change-the-icon-of-an-extension/5441/3 "2021-01-09T02:30:05Z")

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Wow, coincidently, that was the exact icon I needed! Thanks!