---
title: "Using your profile"
slug: "using-your-profile"
tags: ["Totara Platform", "Participant", "How-to"]
updated: 2025-07-22T10:52:18Z
published: 2025-07-22T11:18:16Z
canonical: "totara.help/using-your-profile"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://totara.help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Using your profile

As a Totara user you can customise your profile, adding additional details and a profile picture. This can help other users to know who you are, and even affect the [recommended content](/19/docs/what-are-recommendations) you are shown (if enabled on your site).

To view your profile, open the user menu by clicking your name in the top-right corner, then click **Profile**.

![Accessing your profile from the user menu.](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1652367689871.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T18%3A09%3A50Z&se=2026-11-01T19%3A09%3A50Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=MRNBeCOItti9OvwcSf9DUkEviHV%2FqPVIhH42lf5izEI%3D)

## Editing your profile

The exact fields you can edit may depend on the setup of your organisation's Totara site, but you may be able to add details such as:

- Location (city/ town, country, and/or time zone)
- Description (of you and/or your role in the organisation)
- Additional names (including phonetic names, middle names, and aliases/nicknames)
- Interests

To edit your profile information, follow these steps:

1. Click on your name in the top-right corner.
2. Select **Profile** from the dropdown menu.
3. Click **Edit profile** in the **User details** block.
4. Change your profile details as required.
5. Click **Update profile** at the bottom of the page.

## Upload a profile picture

You may want to upload a profile picture to represent you across the site. This could be a picture of you, or something that represents you, such as a pair of glasses or a familiar object from your office.

To upload a profile picture, follow these steps:

1. Click on your name in the top-right corner.
2. Select **Profile** from the dropdown menu.
3. Click **Edit profile** in the **User details** block.
4. Scroll down to **User picture**.
5. Use the **New picture** box to drag and drop an image, or click the icon of a file with a plus sign (![](https://cdn.document360.io/a007399b-031e-436b-999a-528240e16f58/Images/Documentation/image-1652370471068.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-01T18%3A09%3A50Z&se=2026-11-01T19%3A09%3A50Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=MRNBeCOItti9OvwcSf9DUkEviHV%2FqPVIhH42lf5izEI%3D)) to browse for one using the [file picker](/19/docs/upload-a-file-with-the-file-picker).
6. Click **Update profile** at the bottom of the page.

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