# How to remove sprite images

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-remove-sprite-images/1329006>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [June 6, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-remove-sprite-images/1329006 "2021-06-06T18:09:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gene.arnold9d](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/gene.arnold9d/32/86268_2.png) [@gene.arnold9d](https://community.thunkable.com/u/gene.arnold9d)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-remove-sprite-images/1329006/1 "2021-06-06T18:09:29Z")

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I uploaded a bunch of images to help a sprite type look like it’s walking. What I didn’t know was that the images were not cropped well. I cropped all the images and want to upload them again but cannot because the system says that the file names already exist. How do I remove the old files so I can upload the new ones?

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**Author:** ![gene.arnold9d](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/gene.arnold9d/32/86268_2.png) [@gene.arnold9d](https://community.thunkable.com/u/gene.arnold9d)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-remove-sprite-images/1329006/2 "2021-06-06T18:52:38Z")

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My bad. There is a files location that I should have seen that will allow me to delete unneeded files.

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**Author:** ![human](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/human/32/101416_2.png) [@human](https://community.thunkable.com/u/human)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-remove-sprite-images/1329006/3 "2021-06-06T22:03:08Z")

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One other solution is to rename your sprite before uploading it onto Thunkable. This is what I did when I faced the same problem you did.

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-remove-sprite-images/1329006/4 "2021-06-06T22:09:21Z")

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Feel free to +1 this feature request:

> <https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/904>
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> \*\*Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.\*\*
> If I have an… asset such as home\_icon.png in a project and I upload a new file called home\_icon.png, Thunkable will display an error ("Duplicate asset name.") and will not upload the new file. 
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> To replace an asset with the same name (e.g. an image), I currently have to:
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> 1. Delete the existing asset.
> 2. Upload the new asset with the same name.
> 3. Assign the asset to any components that had been using it.
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> \*\*Describe the solution you'd like\*\*
> Thunkable should prompt you to replace the existing file and then it should replace it in whatever components are using it as a background picture. (or sound source, etc.).
> 
> \*\*Describe alternatives you've considered\*\*
> Therapy.
> 
> \*\*Which platform are you asking for?\*\*
> Thunkable X.
> 
> \*\*Additional context\*\*

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-remove-sprite-images/1329006/5 "2024-11-08T13:20:25Z")

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