# How to Change the PingRoom App Icon on iPhone

> Choose one of PingRoom's built-in alternate icons, check the Home Screen result, and restore the default whenever you want.

- Published: 2026-11-01
- Author: PingRoom
- Category: How To
- Topics: change PingRoom app icon, PingRoom alternate icon, iPhone app icon, restore default app icon
- Canonical: https://pingroom.io/blog/change-pingroom-app-icon-iphone
- Cover image: https://pingroom.io/blog/change-pingroom-app-icon-iphone-cover.webp
- Cover description: Two approved PingRoom avatars compare blank rounded clay tiles at a workshop while Pingo inspects the tray.

To change PingRoom's icon on iPhone, open **PingRoom → Settings → App Icon**, then tap one of the built-in choices. iOS applies the selection to the real PingRoom app on your Home Screen. Choose **Default** in the same picker whenever you want the original four-node icon back.

This is an app-provided alternate icon, not a shortcut that launches PingRoom through another app. Your Rooms, Pings, notification settings, and account do not change with the artwork.

## Choose an icon in PingRoom

1. Open PingRoom on your iPhone.
2. Open **Settings**.
3. Tap **App Icon**.
4. Tap the icon you want to use.
5. Accept the iOS confirmation if one appears.
6. Return to the Home Screen and find PingRoom.

The selected choice is marked in PingRoom's picker. The Home Screen is the better final check because that is where iOS displays the applied icon.

PingRoom introduced its alternate-icon picker in [version 1.4](/blog/pingroom-v1-4). It runs on iPhone; this guide does not claim an equivalent Android or browser control.

## Check the result without rearranging anything

You do not need to delete PingRoom, remove its Home Screen position, or build a Shortcuts launcher. Use this quick check instead:

1. Note where PingRoom already sits on the Home Screen.
2. Make the change inside PingRoom.
3. Return to that same position and look for the new artwork.
4. Open the app once from that icon.

If PingRoom opens normally, you are using the real app icon rather than a separate launcher. The app's name and position should remain familiar even though the image changed.

## Restore the default icon

Go back to **Settings → App Icon** and tap **Default**. Return to the Home Screen and check the same app position again.

Restoring the default is just as reversible as choosing an alternate. It does not reset PingRoom or remove content. If the Home Screen takes a moment to redraw, open another page and return before repeating the selection.

![Two approved PingRoom avatars return blank clay tiles to a tray while Pingo checks the selected tile.](/blog/change-pingroom-app-icon-iphone-1.webp)

The clay-tile scene above is an illustration, not an app screen. [Pingo the Pigeon](/Pingo), PingRoom's official mascot and fictional Chief Marketing Officer, is reviewing the choice with his usual commitment to looking unconvinced. He cannot change anyone's icon, see their Home Screen, or operate an account.

## App icon, Home Screen style, or Shortcut?

These three iPhone customizations solve different problems:

| What you change          | Where you change it              | What you get                                          |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| PingRoom's built-in icon | PingRoom **Settings → App Icon** | The real app uses an alternate supplied by PingRoom   |
| Home Screen appearance   | iOS Home Screen customization    | A broader style applied by iOS across supported icons |
| A custom launcher image  | Apple's Shortcuts app            | A separate Home Screen shortcut that opens an app     |

Use PingRoom's picker when you want one of the choices shipped with the app. Use iOS appearance controls when you want a system-wide treatment. A Shortcuts launcher is useful only when you specifically want your own image and accept that it is a separate shortcut.

The optional [Pingo icon has its own design story](/blog/pingo-app-icon). For broader display choices inside PingRoom, see [how to make PingRoom easier to read](/blog/make-pingroom-easier-to-read); those accessibility settings affect content surfaces, not the Home Screen icon.

[Get PingRoom for iPhone](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pingroom/id6758355726), then open **Settings → App Icon** to choose a built-in icon or return to the default.

_Illustrations are AI-generated editorial scenes featuring Pingo, PingRoom's official mascot and fictional Chief Marketing Officer, with fictional approved PingRoom avatars. The human team is responsible for product claims and decisions._