Changing your Instagram profile picture can be accomplished through the mobile app or Instagram website in just a few steps.
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Your profile picture on Instagram is a small snapshot you upload to represent your account. If your account is just about you and your life, chances are your photo will be a selfie or a shot of yourself with a friend, partner, or pet.
If you have a business account, you might feature a photo of a product you're selling. Whatever you decide to use as your profile photo, the good news is that it can be changed quickly and as often as you'd like.
If you decide to change your Instagram profile picture, you can do so via the app or via the Instagram website in a few steps. Here's how to do it.
Your Instagram profile picture should be at least 1000 by 1000 pixels.
Instagram profile pictures are compressed until they measure 320 by 320 pixels — and a circular cutout is displayed that is a mere 110 by 110 pixels. The higher resolution the photo that you start out with is, the better the compressed outcome will be.
As such, it is advised that you upload a picture that is at least 1000 by 1000 pixels and has the elements you want featured in the center, so as to avoid being cropped out.
1. Locate the Instagram app icon on your iPhone or Android and tap to open it.
2. Tap on your profile button in the far-right corner of the menu bar running along the bottom of your screen.
3. On your profile page, tap Edit Profile.
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4. On the Edit Profile screen, tap Change profile photo.
5. From the pop-up menu that appears, choose to either import a photo from Facebook, take a new photo on your phone's camera, or choose one from your phone's photo library.
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6. Choose the photo you wish to upload and move it within the round circle to crop it.
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7. Click Done to complete the change.
1. Go to the Instagram website on your Mac or PC and login using your account username and password.
2. Click on your username on the right-hand side of your home screen to go to your profile page. Alternatively to this, you can skip to step 4 by clicking on your existing profile picture located on the menu bar running across the top of your screen and then clicking on Settings.
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3. On your profile page, click Edit Profile.
4. Under your username, click on Change Profile Photo.
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5. Click Upload Photo.
6. Select the photo you want to upload as your new Instagram profile picture from your computer, then click Open. Once the button is clicked,, your profile photo will then be uploaded and applied to your account.
