Alter your Google Account picture, name & other info

You tin update, add together, and remove some basic info on your account.

Your name and profile picture show tin can be viewed by other people who use Google services, including when y'all communicate or share content. Acquire more about how to control what others come across almost yous beyond Google services.

Note: If you utilize a different name on your YouTube channel, any alter you brand to your Google Account name will not be reflected on YouTube. Learn more nigh your YouTube channel proper noun here.

If you alter your Google proper noun or contour movie, it won't change your YouTube name or profile picture.

Add or modify your profile motion picture

  2. Under "Personal info," click Photograph.

  3. Upload a photograph from your computer or choose one of your Google Photos.

  4. Rotate and crop your photo as needed.

    • Find steps to crop your photograph with assistive technology beneath.

  5. At the bottom left, click Save as profile motion picture.

Ingather your photograph with assistive engineering or keyboard

Crop your photo from a corner

  1. Navigate to select the corner of your photograph.
  2. Use the arrow keys to crop the photo.

Move the entire crop square

  1. Navigate to select the unabridged crop square.
  2. Employ the pointer keys to change the position of the crop square.

Edit your name

You can modify your name every bit many times every bit you want.

  2. Under "Personal info," click Proper noun and then Edit Edit.

  3. Follow the steps on the screen.

Fix an old name that nonetheless shows

If you inverse your proper name, merely the old name still shows up, clear your cache and cookies.

Important:When you clear your cookies, you might exist signed out of non-Google sites.

Alter personal info

You can edit personal info like your birthday and gender. Y'all can also change the email addresses and telephone numbers on your business relationship.

  2. Under "Personal info," click the info you want to change.

  3. Follow the steps on the screen.

More details

Name

You tin alter your name every bit many times every bit yous want.

Nickname

Altogether

After you lot add together your birthday to your account, y'all tin't delete it. Nonetheless, you can edit it and alter who sees information technology.

Note: Your birthday may be used for account security and personalization across Google services.

Who can view your birthday

By default, your altogether isn't shared with other people who use Google services. To control who sees your birthday, go to the About me department of your Google Account.

Some ways Google uses your birthday

Google can employ your altogether to:

  • Make sure you're old enough to use certain services and features. For example, YouTube videos with age restrictions aren't available to kids.
  • Know when to show a birthday theme on the Google Search page.
  • Determine your age group for personalized recommendations and ads. You can turn off personalized ads.

Gender

You have a few options in the Gender section of your Google Account. You lot tin:

  • Specify your gender
  • Choose not to specify your gender
  • Add a custom gender and cull how Google refers to you

Who tin view your gender

By default, your gender isn't shared with other people who use Google services. To control who sees your gender, become to the About me section of your Google Account.

How Google uses your gender

Nosotros utilise your gender to make Google services more personal. When you specify your gender, you help us to:

  • Personalize letters and other text that refer to you. For example, people who can see your gender will come across text like "Send him a message" or "In her circles."
  • Provide more than relevant, tailored content you might be interested in, like ads.

If y'all don't specify your gender, we'll refer to you in gender-neutral terms, like "Ship them a message."

Mini contour

Your mini profile is a express version of your principal profile. It helps people you lot oasis't interacted with however in a Google service to make sure they're interacting with the right person without revealing your full contour. For instance, your mini profile may help someone on Google Pay make certain they send money to the intended recipient. Afterward y'all interact with someone in a Google service, they can view your total profile, including your profile paradigm and concluding name.

What's included in your mini profile

In your mini profile, you can choose to:

  • Use either your name from your main profile or a shorter version of your name.
  • Show or hide your profile picture.

Update your mini profile

Tip: To apply your mini profile, you must plow on Better sharing on Google in your phone number settings.

Modify other info

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  • Content policy for "About me" information

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