---
title: Edit your profile
type: how-to
section: system
summary: Open My profile from the avatar menu and edit your photo, display name and About in place; each field has its own Edit control and Save.
applies_to:
  clients: [web]
sources:
  - evolve-front-end/app/[lng]/profile/principal-profile-view.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/app/[lng]/profile/profile-photo-control.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/app/[lng]/profile/profile-display-name-field.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/app/[lng]/profile/profile-text-field.tsx
  - evolve-front-end/app/i18n/locales/en/profile.json
verified:
  at: 2026-09-04
  env: code
  by: content-lane-system
ttl_days: 45
related: [system/appearance-and-preferences, system/what-an-account-is, system/roles]
---

Select your avatar, then **My profile**. Your photo, your name and your **About** text each have an edit control on the page itself, and each change is saved on its own.

`/en/profile` is the page other people see about you. It carries a **You** chip when you are looking at your own, and there is one profile frame for people, desks and services.

## Change your photo

1. On **My profile**, select **Change photo** under the picture.
2. Choose a JPEG, PNG or WebP image of 10 MB or less. The dialog states **Maximum file size: 10 MB.** and the image is cropped to a square.
3. Select **Use this photo**.

The page confirms **Profile photo updated.** To go back to your initials, select **Remove photo**.

## Change your name

1. Select **Edit name** next to your name.
2. Type the new name in **Display name**.
3. Select **Save**.

Leaving the field empty is rejected with **Enter a name.**

## Change your About text

1. Select **Edit about** in the **About** section.
2. Type up to 2,000 characters. The counter under the box reads, for example, **120 of 2000 characters**.
3. Select **Save**, or **Cancel** to discard the draft.

Before you write anything, the section shows **No description yet.** with the prompt **A few lines about your work and what people can ask you.**

## What else the page shows

- Your handle, prefixed with `@`, when you have one.
- **Account:** followed by the Account you are currently in.
- Your email address, as a link.
- **Pronouns** and **Links**, when they are set.
- An **Organization** section for the fields your organisation holds, marked **Managed in People**. You do not edit these here.
- An **Activity** column. It is present but empty: **Nothing to show yet. Posts and completed work appear here when you are allowed to see them where they were made.**

A desk profile adds an **Overview** and **Details** tab. **Details** is titled **Owner details** and appears only to the desk's owner or manager, to an account administrator, or to someone holding an access grant; the page states which of the three applies.

## If it did not work

- **The change could not be saved.** means the save was rejected. Select **Edit** again and retry; the field keeps its stored value until a save succeeds.
- **Profile photos must be JPEG, PNG, or WebP images.** or **Profile photos must be 10 MB or smaller.** means the file was refused before upload. Convert or shrink it.
- **This profile is only visible to members of the same account.** on someone else's profile means they are outside your Account.
- **This profile link is not valid.** means the address after `?principal=` is not a valid identifier. Reach profiles by selecting a person, not by editing the URL.