How to change your profile picture in Outlook

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If you use the Microsoft 365 suite with the Outlook email client on Your new laptop one of the first things you'll want to do is create a profile. This profile is visible to other Outlook users and includes your name and any other information you want to make visible. This is worth your attention if you're starting a new job or are new to the platform. Your profile also includes an avatar, which by default consists of your initials. To really personalize your profile, you can add or change your profile picture in Outlook. Let's dive in and see how to do that.



What is the profile picture for anyway?

Microsoft has included the profile picture option to personalize your profile and make it clear to others who you are. In an organizational setting, other people you work with can click on your profile to find out more information about you. You can also provide your date of birth, phone number, or other personal information if you choose.

In addition to your profile information, it's helpful to have a picture to connect a face with a name. This is where the profile picture comes in, because it helps people see who they're communicating with. This may not show up for everyone, especially Gmail users, but it does for most Outlook users.

Unfortunately, Microsoft doesn't provide a direct way to change your profile picture in its mobile apps or desktop apps. You can make this change over the web by following these steps.


How to change your Outlook profile picture

There are several ways to browse the settings and access your profile picture, but by far the easiest way is to navigate directly through the Outlook web page, as follows.

  1. Go to the Outlook website in your preferred web browser and sign in if necessary.
  2. Click on your initials or existing profile picture in the top right corner.
    Click the profile icon in the upper right corner of Outlook

  3. In the pop-up window, move the mouse pointer over the image circle to the left of your name and click the camera icon.
    In Outlook, click the camera icon to change your profile picture

  4. You can then drag your image either into the area labeled Drop zone or click on Add photo to browse your computer's files.
  5. You can resize or crop your image using the controls provided. When you are happy with the way your profile picture looks, click Save and your new profile photo will appear not only in Outlook, but in all your apps signed in to that Microsoft account.
    Drag your image into the drop zone or click on “Add photo”

    Click “Save” to save your profile picture


If you find that the Outlook app on your iPhone or Android device is not displaying the new profile picture, keep in mind that sometimes the update can take up to 24 hours. If you don't see your profile picture on iOS or Android after a day, other users have been able to force the update by starting the process of adding an email account to the Outlook app. You don't even have to go through everything; apparently, a simple tap is enough Add Account is all you need to do to ask the app to refresh its cache.


Other Outlook options may be better for you

The profile picture in Outlook is a nice touch, but it's a bit limited. Only other Outlook users can see it, and sometimes not even then. What's worse, many people have noticed that the new version of Outlook is a significant downgrade from the old app. If you'd rather get more out of your email rather than less, many other email apps are far superior to Microsoft Outlook. But now you can move on to further personalizing your Outlook experience.

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