How can I set my profile picture?

In Threema, you can set a profile picture that represents you in your chat partners’ contact lists. You can fully control who is allowed to see your profile picture. Set a profile picture as follows:

• Android
• Open the “My Profile” tab
• Tap the camera icon in the white circle (or in the current profile picture) below “Profile picture and nickname”
• Choose between “Take photo” and “Select from gallery”
• Crop the image, and confirm by tapping “Crop”
• To define who can see your profile picture, tap the option below “Who can see your profile picture?”
• iOS
• Navigate to the “Profile” tab, select “Edit” in the upper left corner, and tap on the avatar icon (or the current profile picture if one is already set)
• Choose between “Take Photo” or “Choose Existing
• Crop the image, and confirm by tapping “Choose”
• To choose who is allowed to see your profile picture, tap “Release Profile Picture to”

For privacy reasons, profile pictures are not stored on a server, they are transmitted between users upon message exchange and are end-to-end encrypted.

The next time you send someone a message, your profile picture will be transmitted automatically (provided your settings allow it). Alternatively, you can transmit your profile picture manually to a contact by tapping “Send profile picture now” in the contact’s detail view.

If a contact has disabled profile pictures, your profile picture will not be displayed in their contact list and chat overview.