# Decrease size to sprite

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/decrease-size-to-sprite/31625>\
**Category:** Resources, Tools, Differentiation\
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/decrease-size-to-sprite/31625 "2019-11-05T17:17:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![dwightc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@dwightc](https://forum.code.org/u/dwightc)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/decrease-size-to-sprite/31625/1 "2019-11-05T17:17:13Z")

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How do I decrease size size of sprite . Lesson 6 - (16)

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**Author:** ![mkmietowicz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/mkmietowicz/32/6322_2.png) [@mkmietowicz](https://forum.code.org/u/mkmietowicz)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/decrease-size-to-sprite/31625/2 "2019-11-06T04:06:06Z")

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Hi @dwightc,

You’ll want to use [sprite.scale](https://docs.code.org/gamelab/scale/) to do that. It’s in the Sprites drawer of the toolbox:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/codeorgforum/original/2X/d/dd55101300c56fbbf739cbb0e18758d95d0deb43.png)

Hope that helps,  
–Michael K.