# Disable Thumbnail Image Creating in Designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-thumbnail-image-creating-in-designer/114012>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition83\
**Created:** [February 17, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-thumbnail-image-creating-in-designer/114012 "2026-02-17T18:35:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Liam\_Dietrich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5a626/32.png) [@Liam\_Dietrich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Liam_Dietrich)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-thumbnail-image-creating-in-designer/114012/1 "2026-02-17T18:35:19Z")

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Version: Ignition 8.3.x

Is it possible to disable thumbnail references from being saved in the designer?

I am able to delete the the thumbnail references using scripting, but it would easier if the thumbnail references are never created/saved.

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**Author:** ![michael.flagler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.flagler/32/26272_2.png) [@michael.flagler](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.flagler)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-thumbnail-image-creating-in-designer/114012/2 "2026-02-17T21:39:08Z")

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I've never heard of a way to do this, but is there some reason you're trying to disable them? I've always liked having them just for the ease of hovering screens to see what they are before opening them, or when using Kindling to see the thumbnails without having to restore the project to a gateway.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-thumbnail-image-creating-in-designer/114012/3 "2026-02-17T21:45:00Z")

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No, there's no way to opt out of the thumbnails.

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**Author:** ![Liam\_Dietrich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5a626/32.png) [@Liam\_Dietrich](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Liam_Dietrich)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-thumbnail-image-creating-in-designer/114012/4 "2026-02-17T22:15:33Z")

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I don’t disagree that they are useful in most instances but I want to avoid tracking/storing them in a repository.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-thumbnail-image-creating-in-designer/114012/5 "2026-02-17T22:20:51Z")

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You can remove them/not VCS them, and while you'll then end up with nuisance conflicts on the `resource.json` it won't do any harm. May not be worth the hassle though.

For maximum headache - in theory, you could remove them and then recalculate your resource's signature to update the `last modification signature` attribute, so we don't balk at the update and think it's invalid. Something something, git precommit?  
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But we're still going to keep writing them out as you make edits in the designer, so probably not worth it.