How to Add a Custom Server Icon to Your Minecraft Server

Learn how to add a custom server icon that displays in the Minecraft multiplayer server list.

A server icon appears next to your server name in the Minecraft multiplayer server list. It helps your server stand out and look professional.

Adding a Server Icon

Create your icon

Create or resize an image to exactly 64x64 pixels in PNG format. The file must be named server-icon.png.

⚠️ Warning: The image must be exactly 64x64 pixels and PNG format. Any other size or format will not work.

Upload the icon

Access the XGamingServer panel, go to Files, and upload server-icon.png to the root directory (the same level as server.jar and server.properties).

Restart your server

Restart the server for the icon to take effect.

Verify in your server list

Open Minecraft, go to the multiplayer server list, and check that your icon appears next to your server.

💡 Tip: If the icon doesn't appear right away, click the refresh button in the server list or remove and re-add the server.

Tips

Use a simple, recognizable design — the icon is small and detailed images may not look good at 64x64
Free online tools like Pixlr or GIMP can resize images to 64x64
The icon updates immediately after a restart — no need to clear any cache on the server side

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