How to change profile picture on facebook

To change your Facebook profile picture, open your profile, select your current profile photo, choose the camera or edit option, upload or select a new image, adjust the crop, and save the change. For better quality, use an image that is at least 320 × 320 pixels. Button names can vary slightly between the Facebook app, mobile browser and desktop website.

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Change Your Facebook Profile Picture on a Phone

These steps work on the Facebook app for iPhone and Android:

1. Open the Facebook app.
2. Tap your profile picture or name to open your profile.
3. Tap your current profile picture.
4. Tap the camera, Edit or Update profile picture option.
5. Choose an option:
   • Select a photo from your phone.
   • Choose an existing Facebook photo.
   • Take a new photo.
   • Add a frame.
6. Crop or reposition the image.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions, then tap Save or Done.

Facebook may show more editing options before you publish the new profile picture.

Change Your Facebook Profile Picture on a Computer

1. Sign in to Facebook.
2. Click your profile picture in the top-right corner.
3. Click your profile name.
4. Click the camera icon in the bottom-right corner of your current profile picture.
5. Select Upload a new photo or choose an existing Facebook photo.
6. Crop or edit the image.
7. Follow the instructions to save the change.

You can also add a frame to a new or existing profile picture.

Change Your Profile Picture Through Accounts Center

If your Facebook and Instagram profiles are connected through Meta Accounts Center, you can change your Facebook profile picture from settings:

1. Click or tap your profile picture.
2. Open Settings & privacy, then select Settings.
3. Choose See more in Accounts Center.
4. Select Profiles.
5. Choose the Facebook profile you want to update.
6. Select Profile picture.
7. Choose Upload new photo.
8. Follow the on-screen instructions to save the change.

What Happens After You Change Your Facebook Profile Picture?

Your current Facebook profile picture is public. It can appear on your profile, beside your posts and comments, in your Profile Pictures album and in friends' Feeds. Facebook also uses a smaller version of the image in several places across the platform.

Past profile pictures may have different privacy settings. Changing the current profile picture does not automatically make the new image private. To limit who can see it, review the photo's audience settings.

What Size Should a Facebook Profile Picture Be?

Use a square, well-lit photo. Facebook displays the profile picture as a circle in many locations, so keep the main subject near the centre of the image.

For better quality, use an image that is at least 320 × 320 pixels.

What to Do If Facebook Will Not Change Your Profile Picture

Try these fixes:

• Update the Facebook app.
• Close and reopen Facebook.
• Check your Wi-Fi or mobile data connection.
• Refresh Facebook in your browser.
• Try changing the picture through Accounts Center.
• Report the issue to Facebook if the problem continues.

Facebook recommends using the latest app version, checking your connection and refreshing the page when a profile-picture change fails.