Changing Your Profile Photo

Your display image is always visible on your profile—there is no way to block others from seeing it (unless you hide your profile). Since everyone can see your photo, you’ll probably want to give some thought to what you choose to display. Remember that your display image is your visual representation of YOU! Would you show the photo to your grandmother? How about your boss? Avatars are also a great, fun way to represent who you are.

Tip: For more ideas about choosing appropriate photos for your profile, see the Yahoo! Online Safety site.

Here’s How

To add a photo:

1. Move your cursor over the photo area and click the Change Photo link that appears in the bottom-left corner. (If you’re new to profiles, you can click anywhere in the blank, yellow square.)

   

   The Select Photo window opens. Initially, your only choices will be a gray square and your avatar. If you don’t have an avatar, you’ll see the browse window shown in Step 3. 

2. Click the Add Photo link (If you don’t see this option, go to Step 3).

   

3. Click the Browse button and navigate through your computer’s file system until you find an image you want to upload.

   

   Notes:
   
   The way that browsing for image files works depends on your computer’s operating system.
   
   The image file you select must be in JPEG or PNG format and must be smaller than 5 MB.

4. Once you’ve chosen a photo file, type the text displayed in the box, then click the Upload button to add it to the photos available for your profile.

   

   A preview of the uploaded photo appears, including a dotted square outlining the currently selected portion of the image.

5. Manipulate the selection square to enclose the part of the image you want to use.

   

6. When you’ve got the part of the image you want to use within the selection square, click the Crop button.

   

   The newly added photo appears in your photo carousel.

   

7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 to add a whole gallery of photos to your carousel.

To remove a photo:

Tip: You can’t remove the gray smiley square or your avatar, if you have one.

1. Click the Change Photo link to open the Select Photo window.

2. Select the photo you want to remove from your carousel.

   

3. Click Remove to delete the selected photo.

   

   The photo carousel redisplays and the removed photo is gone.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to remove as many photos as you want.

 

Take Me to My Profile

Next:
Choosing an Image

What’s Next

Once you’ve uploaded some photos to your profile, you can change the photo on your profile card as often as you like.