A friend sent me email on the Google Gmail service and it had his picture included. Cool! I want to know, how can I include a picture of myself in my own Gmail profile?
This is a brand-new feature that Google added to the Gmail service that’s taken from its somewhat lackluster instant messenger program Gtalk, and it’s fun, but only applies to other Gmail users who receive your email, not to the rest of the Internet.
With that caveat, here’s how you can set this up in just a few seconds.
First off, you’ll want to be logged in to your Gmail account, then click on the Settings link. A short ways down on the “General” settings tab you’ll now find this:
Click on “Select a Picture” (somehow you knew I’d say that, right?) and you’ll now have the chance to specify just about any image on your computer that’s in JPEG, GIF, BMP or PNG format. I recommend PNG format for photographs myself, but most digital cameras tend to work with JPG format instead, so use what you have available):
Choose your file, click on the “Upload a Picture” button and the image will be uploaded to Google’s server. If it’s too large, you’ll need to crop it, that is, define what subsection of the image should be used for your photo. If it’s too big, you’ll see the cheery message The picture you’re trying to upload is too big. Please try a smaller picture. Solution? Try a smaller picture!
Note: I found that Apple’s Safari browser couldn’t upload images and had to switch to Firefox for this process to be completed. PC users probably don’t have that problem, however.
More likely than not, you’ll need to crop it, as I found I needed to do on even the smallest image. It’s easy: just drag and resize the crop box by grabbing a corner of it, then center the box over your image as desired by grabbing the middle of the box:
When you’re done, click on “Crop Picture” and your Gmail General Settings will now show your new picture in all its glory!
Note here that you can specify that only those folk who can chat with you can see the picture, or that anyone who receives a Gmail message from you can see it. Me? I figure everyone likes my jazzy little icon…
Finally, make sure you click on ‘Save Changes” at the bottom of the Settings page to ensure that everything is stored back on the Gmail server.
Hope that helps you figure out how to use Gmail’s new My Picture feature.
Hi, I want to take photos from my desktop and put it in my gmail photo album. How do I do that?
Thanks Dave. I have been trying for days and days to get rid of my Google icon in Gmail and your instructions led me to being able to do it – many thanks!
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how to add image in my gmil account
Dear sir
i want to upload a picture on gmail account how can i do it
hi friends
i have a google account but i can not set my photo in my profile.
I tried all my best i cant still upload my photo into my gmail account
Sir, i have changed my gmail photo, this time picture is visible to others with my e-mails but not visible to me when i scroll mouse over my e-mail address (wildox100@gmail.com) before making these changes it was available here too !!!
Kindly tell a solution please…
How may i upload my pix on my gmail
Thankx for the tip. It was of a useful tip
Hi Dave, what about uploading frm alcatel 385J phone, any idea when the response is settings not configgered? Pls help.
Mathew.
Hi,
I would be very grateful if you could help me: I have added a picture (“My Picture”) to my google e-mail-adress (prename.name@gmail.com). That works. But I dont’t know, how to connect the picture to my additional e-mail-adresses (prename.name@yahoo.de) in the same google-account. Thank you for any hint!
Best Regards
Peter
my picture isn’t showing up when i scroll over it on chat, after changing it a couple times with the latest upgrade for gmail
I have already tried the contact manage solution…..that didnt work
also when I switch to the last version the picture shows……..even after changing the picture while using this version………..then changing it back to the latest……I still see add picture when I scroll over my name in chat
I have also created 3 other gmail a/c and my picture dont show there also…….and I ask friends if they can see my image….and they cannot
I am wondering if it is a BUG with the latest version of gmail……..or did I make a mistake
pls help
pardon my grammer…english is not my 1st language
thank you
Hello Dave, Thx for the Gmail support. Can you take a look at the Exp. site? What I need to know is how do I set my Gmail email to show every contact picture in Gmail? When I receive a email from a coworker, friend, family Etc.. I want to see the same picture I have in my contact list in the tab in Gmail. You know! When you press the tab, it gives you the option to call, email, text etc the person. Please help & any advice will be good. 🙂 Thanks, E.J
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Nice work.
Thanks for the info, I was trying to figure it out and it’s pretty straight forward.
Cheers.
How do I copy & paste pictures or colors from Google images into my gmail? They copy into my hotmail but will not go into the gmail. Please advise. Thanks!
hi, dave
how to send an email wz my image?
Huzefa, not sure what you’re asking: your pic automatically shows up in a pop-up for any Gmail recipients. .. …
Hi Dave,
How about if I want to send a message with my image?
Thanks Huzefa
But when I add my picture to my gmail profile, I, then, cannot see it myself? that doesn’t seem fair. I don’t know if what I set up is actually the way I set it up!!!
I entered the address(www.gmail.com) and i entered into settings but i could not find pictures
Thanks Dave! I actually knew this once, but my mind was a blank today, top of the search results makes it nice and easy. Legend
Amra, what don’t you get?
Sandy, what happens if you right-click (or Ctrl-click if you’re on a Mac) on the photo you want to grab?
sorry but i don get it.
Hi there Dave
I really hope you can help with this question. I uploaded my JPG picture for my gmail account. I need to upload the same picture to a second gmail account and other stuff but no longer have the original JPG pic. How can I retrieve the uploaded JPG picture from the Google server?
Thnks….
sir,
already i upload my photo in gmailid,now i want to change my photo. how to change my photo.pls sent a mail to me for step by step procedure
Hi Dave,
I have a question and thought you might help. I just got a MacBook and am a new Mac user. When i open my gmail account in the Safari Browser for some reason the Chat is unabled, i cannot see my contacts online at all. No idea why this is or how to enable it?
Maybe you can enlighten me?
Cheers!
Hi Dave,
How about if I want to send a message with image?
Hi Dave,
Just thought I’d add that not all gmail accounts offer the photo facility yet; seems to be another one of those typical Google staggered release things.