# Allow Image Picker to use Desktop Camera

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-image-picker-to-use-desktop-camera/85181
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [October 30, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-image-picker-to-use-desktop-camera/85181 "2025-10-30T21:30:17Z")
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### Author: ![JohnnyBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@JohnnyBoy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JohnnyBoy)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allow-image-picker-to-use-desktop-camera/85181/1 "2025-10-30T21:30:17Z")

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I’m hoping to have the image picker component access the camera in desktop mode. The barcode scanner can access the camera, but for profile pictures the image picker is restricted to the file browser.