How to Change Your Profile Picture on YouTube

Last Updated: February 13, 2023

This wikiHow teaches you how to update your profile picture on YouTube using a computer, phone, or tablet. Because your YouTube account is linked to your Google account, you'll need to make your profile photo change in your Google account settings. Changing your profile photo will also change it on other Google apps, including Gmail and Hangouts.

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It's the red rectangle icon containing a white sideways triangle.
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It's in a circle at the top-right corner. If you don't have a photo, you'll see your first initial instead.

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It's at the top of the menu below your email address. This opens your Google Account screen.
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It's at the top-center part of the screen. A pop-up alert will appear.
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Now you'll see two new options.
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Tap Choose from photos to upload a photo from your phone or tablet. This opens your phone or tablet's gallery.
- If you'd rather take a new photo right now with your camera, tap Take photo to open the camera instead.
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If you captured a new photo instead of selecting one, tap Use photo instead. Your new profile photo now represents you on YouTube and in all other Google apps.

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Go to https://www.youtube.com in a web browser. You can use any web browser of your choice on PC or Mac.
- If you are not signed in to YouTube, click Sign In in the upper-right corner and sign in with the email address and password associated with your YouTube/Google account.
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It's in the upper-right area of the page.
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It's near the top of the menu below your email address.
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It's in the large circle at the top-center part of the page. A camera icon will appear on the photo.
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Click the camera icon on your profile photo

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. This opens the "Select profile photo" window.
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Select the photo you want to use.
- If the photo you want to use is saved on your computer, drag it to the "Drag a profile photo here" box, or click Select a photo from your computer to browse for the file.
- If you want to use a photo from your Google Photos, click the Your photos tab, then select the photo you want to use.
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It's the blue button at the bottom-left corner of the "Select profile photo" window. Now that you've set a new photo for your Google account, the photo will also appear on your YouTube profile, in Gmail, and on all other Google services.

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Is there any way to change at least the Google+ picture without changing my YouTube picture?

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Open the Google+ site on your device. On your left, you see a menu. Click on My Profile. Your profile picture will be shown, and you can tap the picture to change it.

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