# Updating your profile (https://docs.hireway.dev/docs/account/updating-your-profile)

Your profile is the name, photo, username and email tied to your account. You can change any of them in **Settings → Account**. This page also covers changing your password.

<Note>
  Your profile is separate from your resumes. Changing your account name or photo does not change the name or picture on
  any resume. Those live in each resume's **Basics** section.
</Note>

## Open your profile [#open-your-profile]

Select your name at the bottom of the sidebar, then **Settings**. **Account** opens first, with **Profile** at the top.

On a phone, **Settings** opens a short list first. Tap **Account**.

<Frame caption="The Profile section in Settings → Account">
  <img
    src="/images/guides/updating-your-profile/profile-section.webp"
    alt="The Profile section with an initials avatar, a Change photo button, Name and Username fields, and an Email field with a hint about confirmation"
  />
</Frame>

## Change your name, username or email [#change-your-name-username-or-email]

Click a field, type the new value, then press <kbd>Enter</kbd> or click anywhere else. The change saves as soon as you leave the field. Press <kbd>Esc</kbd> before leaving to undo what you typed.

If a value can't be saved, it stays in the field with the reason underneath, for example when a username is already taken.

- **Name**: up to 64 characters. Shown in the app, not on your resumes.
- **Username**: 3 to 64 characters, using lowercase letters, numbers, dots, hyphens and underscores. The field shows your site address in front of it, because the username is part of every public resume link.
- **Email**: see below. Changing it takes an extra step.

<Warning>
  Changing your username changes the address of every public resume. Links you have already shared, such as the one on a
  job application, stop working. Share the new links after the change.
</Warning>

### Confirm a new email address [#confirm-a-new-email-address]

When you change **Email**, Hireway sends a confirmation link to the new address and shows a message saying so. Your account keeps the old address until you open that link. Check the new inbox, including spam, and follow the link to finish.

If your current address isn't verified yet, the hint under the field offers **Not verified yet. Resend the link**.

## Change your photo [#change-your-photo]

Select **Change photo** and choose an image. It uploads right away and replaces your initials across the app. Images up to 10 MB work; the site usually shrinks them to fit 800 × 800 pixels. Select **Remove** to go back to your initials.

## Change your password [#change-your-password]

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the password dialog">
    In **Sign-in & security**, next to **Password**, select **Change**.
  </Step>

<Step title="Enter your current and new password">
  Fill in **Current Password** and **New Password**. The new password must be different from the current one and at
  least 8 characters long. Select **Sign out from all other devices** to revoke your other sessions when changing it.
</Step>

  <Step title="Select Update Password">
    A message confirms the change. You stay signed in on this device.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame caption="The Update your password dialog">
  <img
    src="/images/guides/updating-your-profile/update-password-dialog.webp"
    alt="The Update your password dialog with Current Password and New Password fields and an Update Password button"
  />
</Frame>

If you signed up with a social account, the **Password** row reads **You sign in without one**, and the button says **Set a password**. It takes you to the password reset page, where you can have a link emailed to you to create one.

## Related guides [#related-guides]

- [Linking social accounts](/docs/account/linking-social-accounts): sign in with Google, GitHub or LinkedIn.
- [Changing appearance and language](/docs/account/changing-appearance-and-language): theme and interface language.
- [Filling in your details](/docs/editor/filling-in-your-details): the name, photo and contact details on a resume.