diff --git a/api/services/app_dsl_service.py b/api/services/app_dsl_service.py
index 49e8b3cd60..43bf6374b1 100644
--- a/api/services/app_dsl_service.py
+++ b/api/services/app_dsl_service.py
@@ -556,8 +556,11 @@ class AppDslService:
             "app": {
                 "name": app_model.name,
                 "mode": app_model.mode.value if isinstance(app_model.mode, AppMode) else app_model.mode,
-                "icon": app_model.icon if app_model.icon_type == "image" else "🤖",
-                "icon_background": "#FFEAD5" if app_model.icon_type == "image" else app_model.icon_background,
+                "icon": app_model.icon,
+                "icon_type": (
+                    app_model.icon_type.value if isinstance(app_model.icon_type, IconType) else app_model.icon_type
+                ),
+                "icon_background": app_model.icon_background,
                 "description": app_model.description,
                 "use_icon_as_answer_icon": app_model.use_icon_as_answer_icon,
             },
diff --git a/api/tests/unit_tests/services/test_app_dsl_service.py b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/test_app_dsl_service.py
index 7e82f79860..b9ab03455d 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit_tests/services/test_app_dsl_service.py
+++ b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/test_app_dsl_service.py
@@ -672,6 +672,44 @@ def test_export_dsl_delegates_by_mode(monkeypatch):
     assert model_calls == [True]
 
 
+def test_export_dsl_preserves_icon_and_icon_type(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(AppDslService, "_append_workflow_export_data", lambda **_kwargs: None)
+
+    emoji_app = SimpleNamespace(
+        mode=AppMode.WORKFLOW.value,
+        tenant_id="tenant-1",
+        name="Emoji App",
+        icon="🎨",
+        icon_type=IconType.EMOJI,
+        icon_background="#FF5733",
+        description="App with emoji icon",
+        use_icon_as_answer_icon=True,
+        app_model_config=None,
+    )
+    yaml_output = AppDslService.export_dsl(emoji_app)
+    data = yaml.safe_load(yaml_output)
+    assert data["app"]["icon"] == "🎨"
+    assert data["app"]["icon_type"] == "emoji"
+    assert data["app"]["icon_background"] == "#FF5733"
+
+    image_app = SimpleNamespace(
+        mode=AppMode.WORKFLOW.value,
+        tenant_id="tenant-1",
+        name="Image App",
+        icon="https://example.com/icon.png",
+        icon_type=IconType.IMAGE,
+        icon_background="#FFEAD5",
+        description="App with image icon",
+        use_icon_as_answer_icon=False,
+        app_model_config=None,
+    )
+    yaml_output = AppDslService.export_dsl(image_app)
+    data = yaml.safe_load(yaml_output)
+    assert data["app"]["icon"] == "https://example.com/icon.png"
+    assert data["app"]["icon_type"] == "image"
+    assert data["app"]["icon_background"] == "#FFEAD5"
+
+
 def test_append_workflow_export_data_filters_and_overrides(monkeypatch):
     workflow_dict = {
         "graph": {