Steps On How To Change Your Gmail Profile Picture

Steps On How To Change Your Gmail Profile Picture – When you send an email to somebody on Gmail, a small picture of yourself goes with the message. It’s advisable the picture be professional, particularly when the people you are sending the email to, are potential employers.

Performing this seemingly simple task on Gmail should be easy, but it isn’t as straightforward as you might reckon. Google stores two different photos of you – one for Google Plus and another for Gmail.

The Gmail photo is used exclusively for email, while the Google Plus photo is used for Hangouts and a few other Google services. This can get confusing, so let’s just run through changing both pictures, just for you to grasp it all.

How To Change Your Gmail Profile Picture

Step 1 – Log into Gmail on your desktop, laptop or device. Click on the gear icon in the upper-right corner of your Gmail inbox, then click Settings.

Step 2 – You will start in the General tab of the settings pane. Scroll down until you see the section called My picture and click the blue Change picture option, it’s opposite/in the same line with My picture by the right.

Step 3 – Click Choose File in other to browse your computer/device and select the perfect profile picture of your choice.

Step 4 – When you find the photo you want to use, just double click it. From there, you will be asked to edit(crop) the photo. Once you are satisfied with what you did on the photo, click Apply Changes. That’s all.

Now This Is How To Change Your Profile Picture In Google Plus

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You might notice, after changing your Gmail profile picture, that your profile picture didn’t change in Google Hangouts and other Google services. This is because the picture that Google uses for these services is your Google Plus profile picture. This is particularly confusing for Hangouts, which is tightly integrated with Gmail. If you change your Google Plus profile picture, however, you can ensure your picture remains the same across various Google services. Here’s how.

Step 1 – Go to your Google Plus profile page and click Edit profile.

Step 2 – Click your current profile picture.

Step 3 – Choose a picture among your Google uploads, or you can as well click Upload to grab a file from your computer/device. Afterward, click Set as profile picture in the bottom-left corner. Google will then automatically apply the changes across its various services.

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