Change your Google Account picture show, name & other info

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

Your name and profile movie can be viewed by other people who utilise Google services, including when you communicate or share content. Learn more about how to command what others see about y'all beyond Google services.

Annotation: If you use a different name on your YouTube channel, any change you make to your Google Business relationship name volition not exist reflected on YouTube. Acquire more than about your YouTube aqueduct name here.

If you change your Google name or profile picture, it won't change your YouTube name or profile moving-picture show.

Add or change your profile film

  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. You may be asked to sign in.

  4. Tap Set Contour Picture. Take or choose a new contour motion picture, then drag your profile pic to the center of the foursquare.

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

Edit your name

You tin can change your proper noun equally many times equally yous want.

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

  2. Tap Googleand thenManage your Google Business relationship.

  3. At the top, tap Personal info.

  4. Under "Basic info," tap Proper noun and then EditEdit. Y'all may exist asked to sign in.

  5. Enter your proper name, then tap Washed.

Fix an quondam name that still shows

If you changed your name, but the old proper noun yet shows up, clear your cache and cookies.

Important:When y'all clear your cookies, yous might be signed out of non-Google sites.

Change personal info

You tin can edit personal info like your birthday and gender. Y'all tin also change the electronic mail addresses and phone numbers on your account.

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

  2. Tap Googleand thenManage your Google Account.

  3. At the top, tap Personal info.

  4. Under "Basic info" or "Contact info," tap the info you desire to change.

More details

Proper name

Y'all can alter your proper name as many times as you want.

Nickname

Birthday

After y'all add together your altogether to your account, you tin can't delete it. All the same, y'all can edit it and modify who sees it.

Note: Your altogether may exist used for account security and personalization across Google services.

Who can view your altogether

Past default, your birthday isn't shared with other people who employ Google services. To command who sees your birthday, go to the About me section of your Google Business relationship.

Some means Google uses your altogether

Google tin use your birthday to:

  • Make sure y'all're onetime enough to use certain services and features. For instance, YouTube videos with age restrictions aren't bachelor to kids.
  • Know when to show 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 department of your Google Account. You can:

  • Specify your gender
  • Cull not to specify your gender
  • Add together 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 control who sees your gender, go to the About me section of your Google Business relationship.

How Google uses your gender

We use your gender to brand Google services more personal. When you specify your gender, yous help the states to:

  • Personalize messages and other text that refer to y'all. For case, people who tin can see your gender will see text similar "Send him a message" or "In her circles."
  • Provide more 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 "Send them a message."

Change other info

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