# Forum preview images in Tapatalk **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 15, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417 "2017-09-15T18:37:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/1 "2017-09-15T18:37:22Z")
Is there anything that can be done about the forum preview images in Tapatalk? This is what I see when I open the app. I’ll try to spoil it as I don’t believe that it would meet the 2 click rule. [https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170915/1172b03713cfd9fccd1f5791197152b1.jpg](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170915/1172b03713cfd9fccd1f5791197152b1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/2 "2017-09-15T18:49:17Z")
Wow, that’s horrendous. I have nothing substantive to add unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/3 "2017-09-15T19:00:47Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Wow, that’s horrendous. I have nothing substantive to add unfortunately. You misspelled “hilarious”. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/4 "2017-09-15T19:42:01Z")
We have no control over what Tapatalk does, so no. There’s nothing we can do about whatever preview images they choose to show. Are those images that people in the forums have linked to or has Tapatalk decided to give us some random bizarre images all on its own? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/5 "2017-09-15T20:17:39Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > We have no control over what Tapatalk does, so no. There’s nothing we can do about whatever preview images they choose to show. > > Are those images that people in the forums have linked to or has Tapatalk decided to give us some random bizarre images all on its own? They are from the fora added in a recent update and the site looks better in dark/nighttime mode. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/6 "2017-09-15T20:18:31Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > Are those images that people in the forums have linked to or has Tapatalk decided to give us some random bizarre images all on its own? I don’t know. I sent an email to [support@tapatalk.com](mailto:support@tapatalk.com) and asked them if they could do anything about it. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/7 "2017-09-15T22:04:32Z")
Have you tried the [tapatalk.com](http://tapatalk.com) forums to check if you can roll back your update? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/8 "2017-09-21T11:30:42Z")
On the Tapatalk main page, in the row of icons at the top click the one on the right that looks like the outline of a person. Scroll down on that page and click “Settings”. Under “Settings”, scroll down to “Topic and Thread” and uncheck “Show Photo Preview”. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/9 "2017-09-21T11:58:33Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > On the Tapatalk main page, in the row of icons at the top click the one on the right that looks like the outline of a person. Scroll down on that page and click “Settings”. Under “Settings”, scroll down to “Topic and Thread” and uncheck “Show Photo Preview”. Thank you! On mine it was labeled “Video and Image Preview” but it worked. Much better. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/10 "2017-09-21T14:10:02Z")
Yeah, trying to find Settings in every new upgrade to Tapatalk is like trying to figure out where Microsoft put the Character Map in the current version of Windows. “It used to be here, where did they hide it now?” Yet another reason I’m thankful for the new mobile skin for SDMB so I don’t have to use Tapatalk anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/11 "2017-09-21T14:13:09Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Yet another reason I’m thankful for the new mobile skin for SDMB so I don’t have to use Tapatalk anymore. Whoa! I didn’t know there was a mobile skin for the SD. Thanks again! Adiós Tapatalk! ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forum-preview-images-in-tapatalk/796417/12 "2017-09-21T19:33:48Z")
Glad I could help. Twice! 😃