# How to have a "no image" placeholder

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-have-a-no-image-placeholder/58836>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [March 6, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-have-a-no-image-placeholder/58836 "2023-03-06T17:55:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Katelyn\_Alberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/katelyn_alberts/32/44421_2.png) [@Katelyn\_Alberts](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Katelyn_Alberts)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-have-a-no-image-placeholder/58836/1 "2023-03-06T17:55:25Z")

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Glide used to have it so that if someone didn’t upload their profile photo yet there was still a “no image” placeholder. Now that there’s nothing there, it doesn’t look right at all…

Example of profile photo being removed

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/e/aee239f2f974a1df5c82e8a014fedf4474a99042.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/6/56f77498b1d0b636f489bd5a880d34fa38edca8f.jpeg)

It just looks strange having no heading.

Any way to fix that??

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**Author:** ![Himaladin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/himaladin/32/71023_2.png) [@Himaladin](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Himaladin)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-have-a-no-image-placeholder/58836/2 "2023-03-06T20:22:50Z")

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I created my own placeholder image and conditioned it with an if-then-else field.

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**Author:** ![Austin\_Thompson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/austin_thompson/32/5685_2.png) [@Austin\_Thompson](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Austin_Thompson)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-have-a-no-image-placeholder/58836/3 "2023-03-07T21:22:07Z")

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I’m not entirely sure how you want to handle placeholder images, but this is how I handle them.

 ![Screenshot 2023-03-07 at 4.18.04 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/2/e21303e465c5ac454f399cd0a506ac61cb261575.png)

I have a column for every user called “User-Uploaded Photo”, this is where the photo they provide will be stored. A second column called “Display Photo” is what actually shows within the app. And a third column called “Placeholder Photo”, is the one that auto-generates a placeholder image for each user.

 ![Screenshot 2023-03-07 at 4.18.16 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/9/79a9281708fee4981debd8df57e99393bf0b5fad.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot 2023-03-07 at 4.18.25 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/b/1/b16d672bf721e9f5acc51b02c22acb47cf97ccc9.png)

Here’s how I set up the Display Photo and Placeholder Photo columns. Just make sure that every user profile picture you have within your app is set to the Display Photo **NOT** the User-Uploaded Photo.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-have-a-no-image-placeholder/58836/4 "2023-03-08T03:22:43Z")

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I used to do as @Austin_Thompson

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 3:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-have-a-no-image-placeholder/58836/5 "2023-03-08T03:31:16Z")

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I sometimes use multi-avatar

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![](upload://tWxhTHEtvsulGW0ZEk98cjQWjey.png)

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 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/d/1/d1dd00d77c18fc69e6d149b811eb257d8cfc81e2.png)

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**Author:** ![Katelyn\_Alberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/katelyn_alberts/32/44421_2.png) [@Katelyn\_Alberts](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Katelyn_Alberts)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-have-a-no-image-placeholder/58836/6 "2023-03-08T15:02:46Z")

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got it! thanks everyone!!