How to Change Your Profile Picture on Snapchat: Edit Your Bitmoji

Complete guide to editing profile image on Snapchat

Written by Kyle Smith

Last Updated: February 3, 2023 Tested

Editing Your Bitmoji Selfie

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Editing Your Bitmoji Appearance

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Deleting Your Bitmoji

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Expert Q&A

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Tips

Things change, you need to change your Snapchat profile picture, completely understandable. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to do on your Android, iPhone, or iPad! You can change the selfie style or edit the Bitmoji avatar itself. You can also remove your Bitmoji entirely. This wikiHow guide shows you 3 methods on how to change your profile picture on Snapchat.

Things You Should Know

Edit your selfie by going to your profile, tapping the Snapcode, and selecting Change Selfie.
Edit your Bitmoji appearance by going to your profile, swiping down to open the Bitmoji menu, and selecting Edit Avatar.
Delete your Bitmoji by going to settings, tapping Bitmoji and selecting Remove My Bitmoji.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Editing Your Bitmoji Selfie

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Tap your profile icon. It's your current profile picture located in the top-left corner.
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Tap your Snapcode. This is your Bitmoji on a yellow background with black dots.

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Tap Change Selfie. This will open a menu where you can change the way your Bitmoji poses in your profile picture.
- You may be prompted to perform some action in the Bitmoji app (e.g. turn on notifications). If so, tap Skip to proceed to the selfie selection page.
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Select a new selfie. Tap a selfie that you want to use as your Snapchat profile picture. You should see a checkmark appear in the corner of the selfie that you selected.
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Tap Done. You’ve confirmed your selfie selection! It’s as easy as reopening a Snapchat picture.

Method 2

Method 2 of 3:

Editing Your Bitmoji Appearance

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Tap your profile icon. It's your current profile picture located in the top-left corner.
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Swipe down on your profile name. This will open a menu with options to change your outfit, pose, background, and avatar.
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Tap Edit Avatar. You might need to scroll down to see this option.
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Edit your Bitmoji. Here, you can change your Bitmoji’s hair, accessories, makeup, facial features, and more!
- Tap the lightning icon to explore outfits.
- Tap the heart icon to see your previous outfits.
- Tap the profile and pencil icon to edit your Bitmoji.
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Tap Save in the top-right. This will confirm your changes and save your new Bitmoji appearance. Now the friends you’ve added on Snapchat will see your new Bitmoji look.

Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Deleting Your Bitmoji

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Tap your profile icon. It's your current profile picture located in the top-left corner.
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Tap Settings
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Tap Bitmoji. It's in the “My Account” section.
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Tap Remove My Bitmoji. This text is at the bottom of the menu.
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Tap Remove when prompted. Doing this removes the Bitmoji avatar from your Snapchat profile.
- If you created your Bitmoji on Snapchat, this will permanently delete the Bitmoji.
- Speaking of deleting, check out our guide on how to delete a Snap on Snapchat.

Expert Q&A

Question

App won’t let me change from their Bitmoji to the one I want

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Kyle Smith is a wikiHow Technology Writer, learning and sharing information about the latest technology. He has presented his research at multiple engineering conferences and is the writer and editor of hundreds of online electronics repair guides. Kyle received a BS in Industrial Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

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Expert Answer

You can change the Bitmoji avatar style by going to Settings, then Bitmoji. There, you can choose between the three avatar styles.
Question

How do I add a picture to my profile from my gallery?

Community Answer

You cannot do that as of the new Snapchat update. They pushed all accounts to use bitmoji only as their selfies.
Question

How do I add a Snapchat selfie as a profile picture?

Community Answer

You can’t anymore. You can only use a Bitmoji because the new updated version of Snapchat has changed the settings.