Facebook: Change cover picture - how it works

If you would like to personalize your Facebook profile, you can change your cover picture. We'll tell you how to do it.

Change cover picture in Facebook

1. First open Facebook in your browser and click on your profile name on the left.
2. Now move the mouse into the corner of your current cover picture on the appearing camera symbol.
3. Now click on the lettering "Update cover picture".
4. Now you can upload a new photo or choose a different picture from one of your photo albums. Note that the new cover picture must be at least 720 pixels wide.
5. Once you have decided on a photo, you can still change the position of the picture. To do this, click on the photo and hold the mouse button down and drag it to the desired position.
6. To save the cover picture, click on "Save changes".