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[GH-ISSUE #6262] [Feature] Set custom visual symbols (icons/logos) for accounts #92290
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Originally created by @kitor on GitHub (Nov 27, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/6262
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Pitch: what problem are you trying to solve?
I have over 20 accounts defined in my Actual instance which always requires "a bit of thinking" to open the one I want to add entries in.
I recently moved to Actual from my very own private budget tracking app I wrote many years ago as I found Actual covers almost 100% of the functionality. The only thing I implemented differently were account icons visible in menu bar, etc, like this:
Similarly on account details view I had account icon visible in the header:
IMO having those would allow for quick, visual navigation over list of accounts for people who have/defined a lot of those to be tracked.
Describe your ideal solution to this problem
In account creation view add possibility to set the icon. For created accounts, add menu option to set/change the icon.
As for icons, I see two possibilities:
Image option would be more versatile as it would allow to use real logos, etc or completely custom icons. In my app I just used FontAwesome as it was much easier to implement - from app standpoint this is just another text field in the database to keep the configuration.
Caveat when going with CSS or font option - user needs to select both symbol and color in that case.
A quick mockup of how this could look in Actual, using the same account names and icons as in my app:
compared to stock:
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Selling point is IMO "quick, visual identification of specific accounts" and "ability to customize appearance
@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2025):
✨ Thanks for sharing your idea! ✨
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@matt-fidd commented on GitHub (Nov 27, 2025):
I use emojis in the account names to achieve a similar thing currently
@JonA02 commented on GitHub (May 2, 2026):
I agree! I'm aware about the emojis but I feel like it'd have a bit of a professional feel when we're able to use Flat Icons like the ones @kitor used!
Hopefully one day this gets added in
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