Edit Profile
Edit Your Profile
To update your profile information, including your username and email address associated with your account:
- Go to your profile.
- Tap Edit Profile.
- Type in your information and tap Done (iPhone),
(Android) or Submit (computer and mobile browser).
Keep in mind, if your account reaches a lot of people, your username change may need to be reviewed. If so, you'll be notified when we've completed a review. If not, your username will change immediately if available. Your followers may be notified of your username change.
Some profile information isn't visible to anyone but you. This includes your email address, phone number and gender.
Learn what you can do if you forgot your password or can't log in to your account. If you think your account has been hacked, learn more about what you should do.
To add or change your profile picture:
- Tap
or your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
- Tap Edit Profile.
- Tap Change Profile Photo.
- Select where you'd like to import your picture from.
- Tap Done (iPhone) or
- Tap your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
- Tap Edit Profile.
- Tap Change Profile Photo.
- Select where you'd like to import your picture from.
- Tap Submit.
- Click your profile picture in the top right corner, then click
- Click Edit Profile.
- Click Change Profile Photo.
- Select where you'd like to import your picture from.
- Click Submit.
You can take a new photo or add a photo from your phone's photo library or Facebook. If you choose to import from Facebook, Instagram will use the same picture you're already using for your Facebook profile.
By default, anyone can see your profile and posts on Instagram. You can make your account private so that only followers you approve can see what you share. If your account is set to private, only your approved followers will see your photos or videos on hashtag or location pages.
- Tap
- Tap
in the top right, then tap
Settings.
- Tap Privacy, then tap Account Privacy.
- Tap next to Private Account to make your account private.
- Click your profile picture in the top right corner, then click
- Click Privacy and Security.
- Below Account Privacy, click to check the box next to Private Account.
- Tap your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.
- Tap
- Tap Privacy and Security.
- Below Account Privacy, tap to check the box next to Private Account.
Things to keep in mind about private accounts
- Private posts you share to social networks may be visible to the public depending on your privacy settings for those networks. For example, a post you share to Twitter that was set to private on Instagram may be visible to the people who can see your Twitter posts.
- Once you make your account private, people will have to send you a follow request to see your posts, your followers list or your following list.
- Follow requests appear in
Activity, where you can approve or ignore them.
- If someone was already following you before you set your posts to private and you don't want them to see your posts, you can block them.
- People can send a photo or video directly to you even if they’re not following you.
If you're logged out of your account and can't remember your password, you can request to reset it from the login screen.
If you're able to log into your account and know your current password, you can change it from your Settings:
- Tap
- Tap
- Tap Security, then tap Password.
- Enter your current password and then enter your new password.
- Tap Save or
in the top right.
Tip: To create a strong password, use a combination of at least 6 numbers, letters and punctuation marks (like ! and %).