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Unfortunately, I often have different experiences. With notes, which I constantly supplement with images (screenshots), the thumbnail changes from time to time arbitrarily and according to no ascertainable pattern. In the beginning I tried to create the notes according to the recommended pattern, i.e. first insert a photo for the desired thumbnail and then add the note again. In my opinion, this only works for notes with very few photos (and even there not sure). For notes with 20 photos/screenshots upwards, I find that the thumbnail changes randomly when I add photos from time to time, even for notes that have been maintained for years. Presumably this will not affect so many users; otherwise the displeasure would probably be greater. I continue to hope for improvement.

For me, unfortunately, this solution approach is not helpful in the long run. In my opinion, the way only helps if the note does not need to be supplemented further later. But even if the note was not changed later, I have noticed with notes with many images that the thumbnail sometimes selects itself again independently from the mixture of images. I regretfully continue to consider it a big problem to provide a preview with an arbitrary thumbnail by EV. I create a lot of tutorials with screenshots, and I want to be able to tell which tutorial it is by looking at the thumbnail. For example, if I were to write tutorials about cooking recipes, I would naturally want to have the dish selected as the image for the thumbnail, and not just any ingredient. For presentations, I actually don't use Evernote anymore because I'm embarrassed to get such useless search or display galleries. Hope dies last. I'll keep my eyes open for other solutions.

Right. It's not just about keeping a thumbnail but also being able to update it. The workaround via a new note is quite complex, as often as the problems occur and in my opinion it does not always work, especially if the notes have many images or consist of clipped websites ... Thanks, I think my questions are answered and we must rather start a petition to EN

Thanks! I'm using Evernote version 10.29.7 and work with the latest Firefox version 96.0.2. For notes that only have one image, it works most of the time if I replace the photo and insert a new one. But I also had the problem described above, that despite deleting the image, the deleted image was created again as thumbnail instead of the new one. For this I will try to consider the hints described above in the future. The problem seems to be bigger with notes where I continuously add photos or graphics. Mostly the first object is kept as thumbnail for a long time, but then completely arbitrarily it comes to changes and the thumbnail is replaced by a graphic or a picture which I have added last. I then tried the familiar tricks. I created an empty note and inserted a first image, which is then also selected as thumbnail and then either the old note completely copied in or both notes connected. Over a certain time the thumbnail stays like this. However, not always and it then takes on a life of its own again. I also found the thread https://discussion.evernote.com/forums/topic/80084-control-which-image-shown-in-a-notes-thumbnailsnippet-view/page/8/ and saw that the desire to determine the thumbnail itself already exists for a long time in the forum. I think it's a pity that Evernote does not pay more attention to it. Ultimately, the preview of the note with a thumbnail should serve a purpose. Which one - if so often completely arbitrary photos are selected from the note? Please don't go to much trouble for a possible answer. I think the problem is there and I have to live with it. With the hope that Evernote besides the new achievements like Tasks will start working again on its original strengths - which I see in the easy storage, retrieval and formatting of the notes.

Hi, I hope my question fits here in this thread. Is there a place in the forum where the questions or problems about handling thumbnails are listed in context? I only work in Evernote via the browser. So far, my understanding is that Evernote grabs the first photo as thumbnails. However, with notes that I continuously add photos to, I find that Evernote also sometimes changes the thumbnails completely arbitrarily. Here I also don't consider it helpful to recreate the note as a new copy, arbitrarily changing the thumbnail repeatedly occurs on different individual notes. Are there plans at Evernote that users can reliably determine the thumbnail themselves in the medium term or is it just that I do not know how? Thanks!