# How do allow animated gif avatar?

**URL:** <https://forums.rocket.chat/t/how-do-allow-animated-gif-avatar/11175>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/how-do-allow-animated-gif-avatar/11175 "2021-05-17T10:04:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![shreejalmaharan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@shreejalmaharan](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/shreejalmaharan)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/how-do-allow-animated-gif-avatar/11175/1 "2021-05-17T10:04:34Z")

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I’m new to rocket.chat, can anyone please tell me how I can allow the use of animated gifs as a profile picture?

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**Author:** ![john.crisp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/john.crisp/32/2711_2.png) [@john.crisp](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/john.crisp)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/how-do-allow-animated-gif-avatar/11175/2 "2021-05-18T09:14:41Z")

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At the minute I am not sure you can.

You would have to create a New feature Request.

> **[RocketChat/feature-requests](https://github.com/RocketChat/feature-requests/issues)**
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