How Do You Change Your Discord Profile Picture?

Clicking your avatar under the My Account section in Discord's user settings lets you upload and save a new profile picture in a few steps.

Elifnaz Erdal

December 25, 2021, 03:10 PM1 min read

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Discord is a free voice and video communication app popular with online gamers.
Changing a Discord profile picture requires opening user settings via the gear icon and editing the avatar under the My Account section.
After selecting a new image and clicking Open, users must click Save to apply their new Discord profile picture.

Discord is a voice communication app. It's free to use, and lets you talk with more than just one person over voice or video calls. Discord, used especially by many people who play online computer games, has also become quite popular lately. Compared to other voice communication apps (Skype, Zoom, etc.), the main things that set Discord apart are being able to instantly connect with anyone you've met online, and having faster, higher-quality video and audio. The app also being free to use throughout is another major reason users prefer it.

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How Do You Set a Discord Profile Picture (PP)? 2022

Changing your Discord profile picture is quite easy. To do this, you need to click the gear icon in the bottom-left corner and go into your user settings. Once you click your profile picture under the "My Account" section, you can upload a new profile picture. Step by step, here's how:

Click the gear icon for user settings in the bottom-left part of the app.
In the window that opens, click the "Edit" button at the top-right of the "My Account" section.
Click on the avatar image and choose the profile picture you want to upload to Discord from your computer. Then click the "Open" button.
Then click the "Save" button.