GNOME Documentation Project
gnome-doc-list@gnome.org
Shaun McCance
shaunm@gnome.org
Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com
Add your photo to the login and user screens.
Adam Matoušek
adamatousek@gmail.com 2012

# Change your login screen photo

When you log in or switch users, you will see a list of users with their login photos. You can change your photo to a stock image or an image of your own. You can even take a new login photo with your webcam.

You need administrator privileges to edit user accounts other than your own.

Open the Activities overview and start typing Users.

Click on Users to open the panel.

If you want to edit a user other than yourself, press Unlock in the top right corner and type in your password when prompted.

Click the picture next to your name. A drop-down gallery will be shown with some stock login photos. If you like one of them, click it to use it for yourself.

If you'd rather use a picture you already have on your computer, click Browse for more pictures….

If you have a webcam, you can take a new login photo right now by clicking Take a photo…. Take your picture, then move and resize the square outline to crop out the parts you don't want. If you don't like the picture you took, click Discard photo to try again, or Cancel to give up.