Modify your Google Account picture, proper name & other info

Y'all tin can update, add, and remove some basic info on your account.

Your name and contour picture can be viewed past other people who use Google services, including when you lot communicate or share content. Larn more nigh how to control what others run into about you across Google services.

Note: If yous utilise a different proper name on your YouTube channel, any change you make to your Google Account name will not be reflected on YouTube. Larn more about your YouTube channel name hither.

If you modify your Google name or profile picture, it won't alter your YouTube name or profile film.

Add or change your contour picture

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open your device's Settings app .

  2. Tap Google and then Manage your Google Account and then Personal info.

  3. Under "Basic info," tap Photo. Yous may be asked to sign in.

  4. Tap Set Profile Moving picture. Take or choose a new contour pic, then elevate your profile picture to the center of the foursquare.

Tip: You can tap and edit your profile picture in most places where your picture shows upwards.

Edit your proper noun

You tin can modify your name every bit many times as y'all want.

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open up your device'due south Settings app .

  2. Tap Googleand thenManage your Google Account.

  3. At the top, tap Personal info.

  4. Under "Basic info," tap Name and then EditEdit. You may exist asked to sign in.

  5. Enter your proper noun, then tap Washed.

Fix an quondam name that all the same shows

If you changed your name, only the old name yet shows up, clear your enshroud and cookies.

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

Change personal info

You tin can edit personal info like your birthday and gender. You lot tin can also change the email addresses and telephone numbers on your account.

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open up your device's Settings app .

  2. Tap Googleand thenManage your Google Account.

  3. At the height, tap Personal info.

  4. Under "Basic info" or "Contact info," tap the info you want to modify.

More details

Proper noun

You can modify your proper name as many times equally you lot desire.

Nickname

Birthday

Later you add your birthday to your account, yous can't delete it. However, you can edit it and change who sees it.

Notation: Your birthday may exist used for business relationship security and personalization across Google services.

Who tin view your birthday

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

Some ways Google uses your altogether

Google tin can use your birthday to:

  • Brand sure y'all're sometime enough to use sure services and features. For case, YouTube videos with age restrictions aren't available to kids.
  • Know when to show a birthday theme on the Google Search folio.
  • Determine your age grouping 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 can:

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

Who can view your gender

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

How Google uses your gender

We use your gender to brand Google services more personal. When you lot specify your gender, you help us to:

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

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

Mini profile

Your mini profile is a limited version of your main profile. It helps people you lot haven't interacted with withal in a Google service to make sure they're interacting with the right person without revealing your total profile. For example, your mini contour may help someone on Google Pay make sure they transport coin to the intended recipient. After you interact with someone in a Google service, they tin can view your full profile, including your profile image and last proper noun.

What'south included in your mini contour

In your mini profile, you can choose to:

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

Update your mini profile

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

Change other info

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