How to change the profile picture in Microsoft Edge Chromium

Microsoft has adopted the open source Chromium project during development of Microsoft Edge on the desktop to create better web compatibility. This new Microsoft Edge runs on the same Chromium web tool with the Google Chrome browser, giving you the best web performance and compatibility.

Microsoft also introduced a new Microsoft Edge logo designed to capture the waves of innovation it intends to bring to users.

Currently, the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser is only available for download and installation as Microsoft Edge Insider. Expected to be available to the public on January 15, 2020 in more than 90 languages.

New Microsoft Edge will be supported on all versions of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server (2016 and later), Windows Server (2008 R2 to 2012 R2) and macOS.

Chromium-based Microsoft Edge supports having multiple profiles. Each profile has its own identity, favorites, settings and extensions. The profile in Microsoft Edge is the same as the profile for accounts in Windows, but instead at the browser level.

You can log in to the profile with your Microsoft account, work / school account, or log out of the profile so that it is only a local profile. When you log in to a profile with a Microsoft account, you can enable Microsoft Edge to sync your history, favorites, passwords, and other browser data on all devices you are logged in to, into the profile in Microsoft. Edge with the same account.

This tutorial will show you how to change your profile picture in Microsoft Edge based on Chromium.

Here's how:

1. Open Microsoft Edge .

2. Click the 3-dot menu icon and select Settings.

3. Click Profiles on the left. If you have not used the profile you want to change the image, click the Switch button to the right for the profile you want to change the picture.

Note: If you don't see the left panel, expand the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window.

4. Follow step 5 (to log out) or step 6 (to sign in with your Microsoft account) below depending on whether you are logged in with your Microsoft account or not.

5. Change the profile picture is not logged.

A) Click the 3-dot button and select Edit in the drop-down menu.

B) Select the desired profile picture and click Update.

6. Change the profile picture logged in with your Microsoft account.

A) Click the 3-dot button and select Edit in the drop-down menu.

B) Click the Change picture link .

C) A new tab will open an online photo editing page for Microsoft accounts. Change your Microsoft account picture by selecting New picture> Save .

D) The final changes will sync with every PC and device that you log in with this Microsoft account to update the profile picture in Microsoft Edge.

If you want to apply changes to your profile picture now:

A) If you sign in to Windows 10 with this Microsoft account, change the Microsoft account picture in Windows 10.

B) Log out of this profile in Microsoft Edge, uncheck the 'Clear favorites, history, passwords, and other browsing data from this device' option and log back into the profile with this Microsoft account.

Hope you are succesful.