Gmail: Change profile picture - how it works
This practical tip shows you how to change your profile picture in Gmail.
Change profile picture in Gmail
By default, your profile picture in Gmail will be the same photo that you use as a profile picture on Google+. To manually change your picture on Gmail:
- In Gmail, click the little arrow next to your profile above the Hangouts window.
- In the context menu, click on "Change profile picture".
- Then either drag and drop an image of your choice into the new window or select an image directly from the computer.
- Finally, click on "Set as profile picture" at the bottom left.
Via the profile picture window you can also take a picture directly with the webcam or use it from your Google+ photos. How to recover deleted messages in Gmail can be read in another practical tip.