Change your Google Account picture, name & other info

Add or change your profile picture

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 you used when you sent them.

Tip: Find out where your name shows up.

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 with whom you may have communicated 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 also update your name in the product's settings.

Tips:

• Your past conversations, like 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

Change your personal info

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

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

1. Tap Personal info.
2. To the right of your name, tap .
3. Next to "Nickname," tap Edit .

 Change your nickname

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 personalization 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:

1. Go to your Google Account.
2. On the left, tap Personal info.
3. Under "Basic info," tap Birthday.
4. Fill in your birthday information if not already there.
5. 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 organization, 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 you create in some Google services.

If you don't want your birthday 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 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 Google uses your birthday

Google may use your birthday to:

• Verify your age and make sure 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 personalized recommendations and ads. You can turn off personalized ads in your ad settings.

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:

• Personalize messages and other text that refer 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 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

1. 1. Open your device's Settings app.
   2. Tap your account name Your name again Manage your Google Account.
2. At the top, tap Personal info.
3. Under "Basic info," tap Password. You might need to sign in.
4. Enter your new password. Learn how to create a strong password.
5. Tap Change password.

Get more information about online security and safety.

Change your password

To choose what information other people see about you on Google services, go to the About me section of your Google Account.

Learn what information you can change and how to change it.

Edit your profile

When you travel, you can view events in your current location's time zone.

Learn how to change your time zone in Google Calendar.