Grok Bot avatar: how to set, generate or upload a Bot's picture
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Every Grok Bot has its own avatar, and only the Bot's owner can change it. This guide covers the three ways the official help page lists to set a Grok Bot avatar, what the changelog has added to avatars and when, and the methods people describe on X, including the Grokbot-style picture trend.
Status: Not tested yet. We have not run a logged test of the avatar editor, so the steps below come from the official help page and changelog, and the tips come from public X posts. Sources checked on 2026-10-24.
How to set a Grok Bot avatar
The official help page lists the same path for every Bot you own. Only the owner can change a Bot's name, picture and label, so these options do not show for a Bot someone else shared with you.
Open the Bot's details
Open the chat with the Bot and click the Bot's name at the top of the chat.
Click the Bot's picture
Click the picture in the details to open the avatar editor.
Choose Bot, Generate or Upload
- Bot changes the look of the Bot's own character, such as its shape and color.
- Generate makes a picture from a short description.
- Upload uses your own image. Drag it in or choose Browse files, then adjust it. The image must be smaller than 25 MB.
Choose Set avatar
After you generate or adjust the picture, choose Set avatar.
On the phone, open the Bot's profile and tap its picture. The help page lists three choices: Select from Gallery, Generate, or Remove Photo.
What the changelog says about avatars
These lines come from the official Grok Bot changelog. Dates are the changelog's own.
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | Choosing a shape or color keeps a picture you added until you press Set avatar. |
| 2026-09-01 | A Bot's avatar updates in the sidebar as soon as it changes. |
| 2026-09-14 | A Bot can change its own title and the shape and color of its avatar. |
| 2026-09-15 | Phone notifications show the Bot's picture. |
| 2026-09-26 | When the image provider declines an avatar description, the editor explains why and suggests rewording it. |
| 2026-09-30 | Avatars got a refreshed look with bigger eyes, and the editor added square, sparkle, clover, flower, heart, house and star shapes. |
| 2026-10-07 | Your messages in a 1:1 Bot chat take that Bot's color. Setting Accent to Black in Settings, General turns this off. |
| 2026-10-14 | Bots with any shape the editor offers can be shared as templates without changing their look, and animated avatars in the sidebar move more smoothly. |
| 2026-10-22 | Bot pictures larger than about 3 MB now save. |
| 2026-10-23 | For Halloween, a Bot can get a pumpkin shape when you create it or change its avatar. This needs Grok Bot 0.75.2 or later. |
The official @bot account also said on 2026-08-18 that mobile notifications are grouped by Bot and use each Bot's icon. The docs add that when you duplicate a Bot on iPhone, the copy keeps the avatar. A clear avatar helps most in those places, where you see many Bots at once.
What people on X do
These are single users describing what worked for them. We have not repeated any of them.
| Tip | Who said it |
|---|---|
| Open the Bot and tell it to make the best profile picture it can and set it, then do the same for each Bot on your team. | @Teslaconomics, 2026-09-16 |
| Ask the Bot to turn the picture into a video. | @Teslaconomics, 2026-09-16 |
| Tell each Bot its job first, then ask it to make an avatar that matches the theme of its projects. | @welles, 2026-09-30 |
| Have a chief-of-staff Bot name the other Bots and build their avatars. | @SpaceXobsessed, 2026-09-30 |
| Give each Bot an avatar that matches its role so you can tell them apart at a glance. | @XAngus, 2026-09-04 |
| A Grok Bot avatar can be an animated GIF. | @McFeel, 2026-09-16 |
| A GIF uploaded in the Grok Bot app turned still, while uploading it from the Bot's info in the Grok app kept it moving. | @qq_sui, 2026-10-24 |
| Colored chats only show when the avatar is a colored Grok Bot character, not an uploaded picture. | @DanPMartini, 2026-10-16 |
Two points in that table go beyond the official pages. The changelog says a Bot can change its own avatar's shape and color, but not that it can set a picture it generated. The help page does not mention GIFs at all. Treat both as reports, not documented features.
The Grokbot-style picture trend
In September, @Multi_Serio_Ai shared a prompt for turning any picture into a character in the Grok Bot style. The post went out on 2026-09-18 (UTC) and had more than 13,000 likes when we checked on 2026-10-24. The prompt sits on a small web page linked from the post, with a copy button, to paste into an image tool.
Most people used it to restyle their own X profile picture, but the result works as a Bot picture through the Upload tab too. Going by a copy of the prompt that @emmyb0y posted, the key elements are:
- a large, round, cream-colored face with faint cheek blush;
- two solid black vertical capsule eyes of the same size, and no mouth or nose;
- a square 1:1 image on a plain charcoal background, as a tilted extreme close-up;
- only the hair color, hair shape and one signature accessory kept from the original picture.
For the full wording, use the original post's link rather than a copy. @HODL037 said they made theirs with ChatGPT and asked it to add color to match the reference picture.
What we don't know yet
- Which image model the Generate tab uses. The help page does not say.
- A recommended size or aspect ratio for uploads. The help page only gives the 25 MB limit.
- Whether a Bot can set a generated or uploaded picture by itself, beyond changing its shape and color.
- Whether GIF avatars are supported, and on which apps.
- Which image tool makes the best Grok Bot avatar. We found no comparison on X or in the docs, only single results.
FAQ
How do I change a Grok Bot's picture?
On desktop, open the chat with the Bot, click the Bot's name at the top to open its details, and click its picture. Choose the Bot, Generate or Upload tab, then choose Set avatar. On the phone, open the Bot's profile, tap its picture, and choose Select from Gallery, Generate, or Remove Photo.
How big can an uploaded avatar be?
The help page says the image must be smaller than 25 MB. The 2026-10-22 changelog also fixed a bug so that Bot pictures larger than about 3 MB now save. The help page does not give a recommended size or shape.
Can the Bot change its own avatar?
The 2026-09-14 changelog says a Bot can change its own title and the shape and color of its avatar. Some people on X say they asked their Bot to make a picture and set it. The official pages we read do not say whether a Bot can set a generated or uploaded picture by itself.
Can a Grok Bot avatar be animated?
The official pages we read do not mention GIF uploads. One X user said an animated GIF can be set, and another said a GIF uploaded in the Grok Bot app turned still while the same upload worked from the Bot's info in the Grok app. We have not checked this.
Why did my chat color change after I changed the avatar?
The 2026-10-07 changelog says your messages in a 1:1 Bot chat take that Bot's color, and you can turn this off by setting Accent to Black in Settings, General. One X user reported that colored chats only show when the Bot uses its colored character rather than an uploaded picture.
Which image model makes the best Grok Bot avatar?
We found no comparison. The help page does not name the model behind Generate, and the X posts we read share single results, not side-by-side tests.
Related on bests.one
- How to create a Grok Bot
- What is Grok Bot?
- How to share a Grok Bot template — the changelog says Bots keep their avatar shape when shared as templates.
- Grok Bot templates for images and video
Ideas we borrowed
A short line credits each idea. These authors have not endorsed bests.one.
- Shared the Grokbot-style character prompt that started the September trend — @Multi_Serio_Ai (https://x.com/Multi_Serio_Ai/status/2100800237619347535)
Sources: Change a Bot's name, picture, and what it does (Grok Bot help), Grok Bot changelog, Work with Grok Bot (docs), @bot: mobile notifications use each Bot's icon (2026-08-18). Checked on 2026-10-24.