Customizing your profile

You can customize your profile by selecting unique profile and header images, adding a name, bio, location, website and theme color, and by pinning a Tweet that other users will see when they visit your profile page.

How to customize your profile

1. Sign in to twitter.com.
2. Go to your profile.
3. Click the Edit profile button and you’ll be able to edit your account’s:
   • Header photo (recommended dimensions are 1500x500 pixels)
   • Profile photo (recommended dimensions are 400x400 pixels)
   • Name
   • Bio (maximum 160 characters)
   • Location
   • Website
   • Theme color
4. Click into any of these areas and make your changes.
5. When changing a profile or header photo, click the camera icon and select to Upload photo or Remove, or simply drag and drop a photo into this section.
6. Click Save changes. You’re all set!

Here are some additional tips for updating your profile:

• Photos can be in any of the following formats: JPG, GIF, or PNG. (Twitter does not support animated GIFs for profile or header images.)
• If you’re having trouble uploading a photo, check out this troubleshooting article.

Pin a Tweet to your profile

You can pin a Tweet to your profile so that when others visit your profile page, it is the first Tweet they will see.

To pin a Tweet:

1. Go to your profile page.
2. Find the Tweet you’d like to pin and click the ellipsis icon (•••).
3. Select Pin to your profile page.
4. Click Pin.

To unpin a Tweet:

1. Go to your profile page.
2. On the Tweet that you have pinned, click the ellipsis icon (•••).
3. Click Unpin from profile page.
4. Click Unpin.

Having trouble?

Take a look at our additional troubleshooting articles for solutions to common problems.