// Module included in the following assemblies:
// * assembly/openshift_images/managing-image-streams.adoc

:_mod-docs-content-type: PROCEDURE
[id="images-imagestream-specify-architecture_{context}"]
= Specifying architecture for --import-mode

[role="_abstract"]
To control the architecture of your imported images and ensure proper deployment, use the `--import-mode=` flag. You can swap your imported image stream between multi-architecture and single architecture by excluding or including the `--import-mode=` flag as needed.

.Procedure

* Run the following command to update your image stream from multi-architecture to single architecture by excluding the `--import-mode=` flag:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc import-image <multiarch-image-stream-tag> --from=<registry>/<project_name>/<image-name>
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* Run the following command to update your image stream from single-architecture to multi-architecture:
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