Remove Facebook Profile Picture

Your Facebook account photo is the most frequently seen picture of you on Facebook. When you upload a new account photo to Facebook, the image appears in your Timeline stream along with the news that you have actually made the modification. Unlike other pictures on Facebook, your account image does not have the target market selector tool and also continues to be visible to the public. The account image can be removed from the Profile Photo album, which removes it from everywhere it shows up on your Timeline. The profile photo can also be changed with a brand-new picture or hidden from the Timeline stream.

Remove Facebook Profile Picture

Adhere to these steps to totally remove your Facebook account photo:

- If required, check in to your Facebook account.

- After that, when your account has filled, click on your account image in the top left corner of the residence display, as revealed on the screenshot below:

As soon as you do, Facebook will pack your sneak peek profile in its own web page; now, move your mouse reminder (cursor) over your larger size account photo, as well as click the "pencil" icon to reveal a submenu:

- Currently, click on the "Eliminate your Image" menu item at the bottom; Facebook will open up a "Remove Photo?" confirmation dialog; click "Cancel" to maintain your current account photo in place, or "Okay" to continue and erase your profile picture.

- Within a 2nd or two, Facebook will certainly present an updated account profile page, with the default photo placeholder and silhouette (empty image) whose shape depends upon the gender your picked for your account.

- That's all it takes to show an empty picture for your Facebook account.

Suggestion: while Facebook removes the picture from your account (in the general public account photo slot), the photo is still in your "Account Photo" cd. To entirely erase the picture file from your profile, simply click on the default account image, and you will certainly see your old photo; click on it to fill it in its very own web page, and then click on the "Delete This Picture" web link under the bottom best corner of the picture preview.

Conceal your Facebook profile image

We will now show you a choice to erasing your profile photo, which is to merely hide it - from all Facebook users, certain categories (like simply your good friends), or hide it from a choice of Facebook customers. Follow these actions to choose who can see your profile photos:

- As soon as logged in to your Facebook account, click the "Account" in the top right edge of the display, and choose "Personal privacy Settings". On the next screen, click the "Tailor settings" web link showed below your present personal privacy settings:

- As soon as Facebook tons the next privacy screen, click on the "Edit album privacy for existing photos" link at the end of the very first section/ team.

- You'll after that arrive on the "Personal privacy > Images" web page, with a listing of cds you have developed; click on the dropdown food selection alongside your Account Pictures cd:

-Then, pick among the following: "Everybody" (the default) suggests that all Facebook customers will certainly be able to see your profile picture; "Pals of Pals" implies that only your Facebook good friends and their straight buddies will have the ability to see it; "Buddies Only" will certainly hide your account photo from almost your friends, as well as only them.

-To conceal your account image from everyone yet on your own, select "Customize", and then pick "Just Me" in the "Make this noticeable to" dropdown food selection.

-As well as to hide your Account Photo album from choose Facebook customers, just block them: select "Tailor" from the personal privacy food selection (screenshot above), and afterwards type the name of the Facebook customers from whom you wish to conceal your account photos.

You now know exactly how to get rid of or erase your account picture, as well as how to conceal your Account Photos cd from all or some Facebook individuals!