Change your Google Account picture, proper name & other info

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

Your proper noun and profile picture tin can exist viewed by other people who use Google services, including when y'all communicate or share content. Larn more than about how to control what others see nigh y'all beyond Google services.

Note: If you use a different proper noun on your YouTube channel, any modify you make to your Google Account proper noun will not be reflected on YouTube. Learn more well-nigh your YouTube channel proper noun here.

If you lot change your Google name or profile picture, it won't alter your YouTube name or profile pic.

Add or change your profile picture show

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

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

  3. Nether "Basic info," tap Photo. Y'all may exist asked to sign in.

  4. Tap Set up Contour Movie. Take or choose a new profile motion-picture show, then drag your contour picture to the centre of the square.

Tip: You lot can tap and edit your contour picture in about places where your picture show shows upwardly.

Add or alter your profile picture in the Google Contacts app

Edit your name

Y'all tin modify your proper noun as many times every bit you want.

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

  2. Tap Googleand thenManage your Google Account.

  3. At the top, tap Personal info.

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

  5. Enter your proper noun, and then tap Done.

Prepare an old name that however shows

If you changed your proper noun, but the erstwhile name still shows up, articulate your cache and cookies.

Important:When you lot articulate your cookies, y'all might be signed out of not-Google sites.

Modify personal info

You tin edit personal info similar your altogether and gender. You can also change the email addresses and phone numbers on your account.

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

  2. Tap Googleand thenManage your Google Business relationship.

  3. At the pinnacle, tap Personal info.

  4. Under "Bones info" or "Contact info," tap the info you want to change.

More details

Name

You can change your name as many times every bit you want.

Nickname

Birthday

After you add together your altogether to your account, yous can't delete it. Yet, you can edit it and modify who sees it.

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

Who can view your birthday

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

Some ways Google uses your birthday

Google can use your altogether to:

  • Make certain you're old plenty to use certain services and features. For case, YouTube videos with age restrictions aren't bachelor to kids.
  • Know when to prove a birthday theme on the Google Search page.
  • Determine your historic period 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 Business relationship. You can:

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

Who can view your gender

By default, your gender isn't shared with other people who use Google services. To command who sees your gender, go to the Most me department of your Google Business relationship.

How Google uses your gender

We apply your gender to make Google services more than personal. When you specify your gender, you assistance us to:

  • Personalize messages and other text that refer to y'all. For example, people who tin can encounter your gender volition see text like "Send him a message" or "In her circles."
  • Provide more relevant, tailored content y'all might exist interested in, like ads.

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

Modify other info

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