Quick Tips
- To prevent alerting friends when you update your profile image, uncheck the “Share to news feed” option.
- Did you overlook disabling sharing? You may change the audience to Only Me in the post privacy options.
- Take into account utilizing an image that has previously been added to your Facebook albums.
Note: To illustrate the procedures in this guide, we’ll use an Android phone and Google Chrome. Still, if you use an iOS device or another web browser, you can still follow the same instructions.
How to Update Your Facebook Profile Picture Without Posting
Using Facebook Website
Step 1: Open your favorite browser, go to Facebook, and log in to your account.
Step 2: From the post location, click on your profile symbol.
Step 3: Select Update profile photo by clicking on your avatar.
Step 4: Select Upload photo in the next step.
Step 5: Click Open after selecting the image you wish to upload from the File Explorer.
Step 6: After making the required edits to the image, click Save.
Locate the profile photo you uploaded to your timeline by going to your profile now.
Step 7: Next to the time or date that you uploaded the picture, click the globe (or friends) icon.
Step 8: Select “Only me” and press “Save.”
It looks like your profile image is hidden. Although it remains visible to you on Facebook, it is not viewable to other users.
Using Facebook Application on Mobile
Step 1: for mobile users is to open the Facebook app and tap the profile symbol located in the upper left corner of the screen.
Step 2: Press the profile photo once more and select Select profile picture.
The “Select Photo” screen will appear.
Step 3: Choose the image you wish to use as your profile picture by scrolling through your collection.
Step 4: In the end, select Save after unchecking the box to share your update to the news feed.
You’re done there. Your Facebook profile image has been modified, but it hasn’t been shared to the Newsfeed.
Change Your Profile Picture on Facebook and Hide From Your Timeline
Note: If you set your profile photo to hidden, it will not show up on your timeline. It will still be accessible, though, in other locations, such your news feed, profile, and when someone searches for you.
Hide Facebook Profile Picture from Timeline Using Facebook Website
Step 1: Open your favorite browser, go to Facebook, and log in to your account.
Step 2: From the post location, click on your profile symbol.
Step 3: Select Update profile photo by clicking on your profile picture.
Step 4: Select Upload photo.
Step 5: From File Explorer or the Finder, select the image you wish to upload, then click Open.
Follow the instructions below after the Update profile photo pop-up appears.
Step 6: Click Save after making the required changes to the image.
Locate the profile photo you uploaded to your timeline by going to your profile now.
Step 7: Choose Hide from profile by clicking the three dots in the upper-right corner of the post.
You’re done there. Your profile photo has been successfully hidden from view on your timeline.
Hide Facebook Profile Picture from Timeline Using Mobile
Step 1: Open the Facebook app and tap the profile icon located in the upper left corner of the display.
Step 2: Tap the profile picture on the page, then select Select profile picture from the bottom sheet.
The “Select Photo” screen will appear.
Step 3: Choose the image you wish to use as your profile picture by scrolling through your gallery.
Step 4: Select the Preview profile photo, edit the image, and click Save after adding a description.
Locate the profile photo you uploaded to your timeline by going to your profile now.
Step 5: Choose Hide from profile by tapping the three dots in the upper right area.
It’s crucial to remember that updating your Facebook profile photo and changing your profile picture on Messenger are two different things. While making changes to your profile photo on the main Facebook platform updates it on both Facebook and Messenger, making changes to your profile picture on Messenger only affects your Messenger profile.
Is my Facebook profile photo visible to everyone?
Your Facebook profile image is publicly accessible by default, so anyone who visits or stumbles over it can view it. You can change your profile picture’s privacy settings, though. You have the option to make it visible only to yourself, your friends, or a specific list of people.
What happens when you change your profile picture to only me?
If you set your Facebook profile photo to Only Me, only you will be able to see it. Your friends, acquaintances, and other Facebook users won’t be able to see your profile picture if you choose this privacy setting.
How can you change the Facebook Messenger profile picture?
Open the Messenger app on your smartphone to alter your profile photo exclusively for Facebook Messenger. > Click on your profile photo in the upper left corner. Then, tap Edit next to the picture that is currently there. Select the source for your new profile picture. Then, resize and reposition it as needed. To set your new Messenger profile photo, tap Save.