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| summary      = The Google Account photo shows up in the upper-right of your GMail window, and presents to recipients of your emails as well as in other locations.
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=Summary=


*We are updating every employee's Google Account photo to be the same as their new RCS ID photo. The Google Account photo shows up in the upper-right of your GMail window, and presents to recipients of your emails as well as in other locations. It might take up to a day for the change to be seen all over (due to browser caching and stuffs).
We are updating every employee's Google Account photo to be the same as their new RCS ID photo. The Google Account photo shows up in the upper-right of your GMail window, and presents to recipients of your emails as well as in other locations. It might take up to a day for the change to be seen all over (due to browser caching and stuffs).


==Things you want to ask right now==


=Things you want to ask right now=
;Gmail profile picture
:Your name and profile picture can be viewed by other people who use Google services, including when you communicate or share content.


==How often are you doing this==
;How often are you doing this
:Just once per year. ID photos are taken in May/June and we update before school starts in August.


*Just once per year, after the ID photos are taken in September.
;Can I change the picture to something else
:We know you might not love your ID photo, or have some amazing photo of yourself to share<span> </span>:) Feel free to change the photo whenever you like, just make sure it identifies you to others.


==Can I change the picture to something else==
*GMail Settings --> General --> scroll down to My Picture --> Click on [https://myaccount.google.com/profile About Me]


*We know you might not love your ID photo, or have some amazing photo of yourself to share :) Feel free to change the photo whenever you like, just make sure it identifies you to others.
==Add or change your profile picture==


==Are you doing student photos too==
*Sign in to your [https://myaccount.google.com/ Google Account].
*Under "Personal info," click Photo.
*Upload a photo from your computer or choose one of your Google Photos.
*Rotate and crop your photo as needed.
**Find steps to crop your photo with assistive technology below.
*At the bottom left, click Save as profile picture.


*We are NOT planning to do this for students for privacy reasons.
==I LOVE my current photo, don't replace it==


==How many Google photos of me are there==
*Using the steps below, you can reset your photo to a former one, or save it for your own use.[[File:Change Google Profile Pic-1.png|none|thumb]][[File:Change Google Profile Pic-2.png|none|thumb]][[File:Change Google Profile Pic-3.png|none|thumb]]<br />


*Google is a bit sneaky, and actually has THREE places they store your photo. If they are all the SAME now, then they'll all change together during our update. We can update one which updates the other (Google+, but who uses that!?) but a third one is actually hiding in your GMail Settings and it's hit or miss whether our process updates it. If you need to change that one, go to GMail Settings / General and scroll down to My Picture.
*From the next window you can choose to use or save a former profile photo.
*Right-Click or Control-Click and choose Save Image As…
*Save it


=I LOVE my current photo, don't replace it=
==Find an old profile picture==
*Using the steps below, you can reset your photo to a former one, or save it for your own use.


[[File:Google1.png|thumb|alt=|none]]
*You can find your old profile pictures in your [https://get.google.com/albumarchive/ Album Archive].


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==For more details==


*From the next window you can choose to use or save a former profile photo.
*[https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27442 Click Here]
5. Right-Click or Control-Click and choose Save Image As…
6. Save it

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StatusUp-to-date for the 2024-2025 school year.


We are updating every employee's Google Account photo to be the same as their new RCS ID photo. The Google Account photo shows up in the upper-right of your GMail window, and presents to recipients of your emails as well as in other locations. It might take up to a day for the change to be seen all over (due to browser caching and stuffs).

Things you want to ask right now

Gmail profile picture
Your name and profile picture can be viewed by other people who use Google services, including when you communicate or share content.
How often are you doing this
Just once per year. ID photos are taken in May/June and we update before school starts in August.
Can I change the picture to something else
We know you might not love your ID photo, or have some amazing photo of yourself to share :) Feel free to change the photo whenever you like, just make sure it identifies you to others.
  • GMail Settings --> General --> scroll down to My Picture --> Click on About Me

Add or change your profile picture

  • Sign in to your Google Account.
  • Under "Personal info," click Photo.
  • Upload a photo from your computer or choose one of your Google Photos.
  • Rotate and crop your photo as needed.
    • Find steps to crop your photo with assistive technology below.
  • At the bottom left, click Save as profile picture.

I LOVE my current photo, don't replace it

  • Using the steps below, you can reset your photo to a former one, or save it for your own use.
    Change Google Profile Pic-1.png
    Change Google Profile Pic-2.png
    Change Google Profile Pic-3.png

  • From the next window you can choose to use or save a former profile photo.
  • Right-Click or Control-Click and choose Save Image As…
  • Save it

Find an old profile picture

For more details