Change your Google Account picture, name and other info

Other people who use Google can access your name, your profile picture and other basic info. You can control what others see about you across Google services.

Important:

If you haven't added a profile picture yet, you'll see your initials instead.
If you change your Google name or profile picture, it won't change your YouTube name or profile picture. For more information, go to Manage your channel branding.

Learn more about your YouTube channel's basic info.

Add or change your profile picture

Change your Google Account picture

On your Android phone or tablet, open your device's Settings app .
Tap Google Your name Manage your Google Account Personal info.
Under 'Basic info', tap profile picture. You may be asked to sign in.
Tap Change or Add profile picture Next.
Take or choose a new profile picture, then drag your profile picture to the centre of the square.
Tap Save as profile picture.

Add your picture

Tips:

Your profile picture is used across all Google services. Your other photos aren't shared. Find out where your profile picture shows up.
You can tap and edit your profile picture in most places where your picture shows up.
To find a past profile picture, at the top right, tap More Past profile pictures.

Change personal info

Add or change your profile picture in the Google Contacts app

On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Contacts app .
At the top right, tap your profile picture your profile picture Change or Add profile picture.
Take or choose a new profile picture.
Drag your profile picture to the centre of the square.
Tap Save as profile picture.

Tips:

If you use Google Photos, it can recommend photos that you can use. Learn more about face groups in Google Photos.
When you save your profile picture, it’s visible across Google services. Your other photos aren’t shared. Find out where your profile picture appears.

About name changes

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

Your old names may be used to help others find your messages in Chat. For example, when someone searches for your old name, they may find your old messages displayed with your new name. Historical emails will retain the name that you used when you sent them.

Tip: Find out where your name appears.

Learn why your old name or picture still appears

After you change your name or profile picture, it sometimes takes a few days to update across all Google products. Other people you may have communicated with might have saved the old name in their contacts. This name will not be updated.

To speed up the process:

Clear your cache and cookies: This helps refresh your information in many products.
Sign out and sign back in: This helps products to get the latest information from your account.
Update in specific products: For some products like Gmail, you might need to update your name in the product's settings too.

Tips:

Your past conversations, like those in Google Chat, may continue to show your old name even after your profile is updated.
When you clear your cookies, you can be signed out of non-Google sites.

Edit your name

On your Android phone or tablet, open your device's settings app .
Tap Google Manage your Google Account.
At the top, tap Personal info.
Under 'Basic info', tap Name Edit . You may be asked to sign in.
Enter your name, then tap Done.

Change your name

Change your personal info

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

On your Android phone or tablet, open your device's settings app .
Tap Google Manage your Google Account.
At the top, tap Personal info.
Under 'Basic info' or 'Contact info', tap the info that you want to change.
Make your changes.

More details

Name

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

Nickname

To add, update or remove your nickname, go to About me or account.google.com. For account.google.com, follow these instructions:

Tap Personal info.
To the right of your name, tap .
Next to 'Nickname', tap Edit .

Change your nickname

Birthday

Once you add your birthday to your account, you can't delete it. However, you can edit it and choose who can see it.

Important:

Google may use your birthday for account security and personalisation across Google services.
Changing your birthday can affect your access to age-restricted content or services. In some circumstances, you may be asked to verify your age.

Change your birthday

Who can view your birthday

We don’t automatically share your birthday with other people who use Google services. To control who can view your birthday:

Go to your Google Account.
On the left, tap Personal info.
Under 'Basic info', tap Birthday.
Fill in your birthday information if not already there.
Under 'Choose who can see your birthday', tap Only you or Anyone.

Highlight your birthday

When you set 'Choose who can see your birthday' to Anyone (or Your organisation, if applicable), you can let Google highlight it. For example, near your birthday, Google may decorate your profile picture wherever it may appear. Others can see your birthday and birthday highlights when they communicate with you or view content that you create in some Google services.

If you don't want your birthday to be visible, set 'Choose who can see your birthday' to Only you, and Google won't highlight it. Google will do things like decorate your profile picture in some places, but only you can see them.

Tip: If your birthday isn't highlighted near the correct date, make sure that your birthday is correct in your profile. If it appears highlighted to others on a different date, they may have entered the date incorrectly in their Google Contacts.

Some ways that Google uses your birthday

Google may use your birthday to:

Verify your age and make sure that you're old enough to use certain services and features.
Know when to show a birthday theme on the Google Search page.
Determine your age group for personalised recommendations and ads. You can turn off personalised ads in your ad settings.

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 About me section of your Google Account.

How Google uses your gender

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

Personalise messages and other text that refers to you. For example, people who can see your gender will see text like 'Send him a message' or 'In her circles'.
Provide more relevant, tailored content that you might be interested in, like ads.

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

Change your gender

Change other info

Change your Google Account password

On your Android phone or tablet, open your device's Settings app Google Manage your Google Account.
At the top, tap Personal info.
Under 'Basic info', tap Password. You might need to sign in.
Enter your new password. Learn how to create a strong password.
Tap Change password.