Teams and Outlook profile picture guide
Microsoft Teams and Outlook profile picture: how to change it
In Teams, select your picture at the top right, select it again, choose Upload, then Save; in Outlook, select your picture to open your profile card and update it there. Microsoft publishes no size; our advice is a square of at least 1080 × 1080 px, face centred, on a plain background. For a whole team, AwaCut puts every face on the same colour at once, offline.
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Pick a photo you would use at work
Head and shoulders, good light, what you wear to meetings. The meeting room behind you is about to go.
Cut yourself out with AwaCut
Drop the photo into AwaCut and choose Custom, then type a colour such as #E0E7FF, a light indigo. You get the same photo on a plain background, at its full size, in about 4 seconds on a Mac Studio (M4 Max). For a whole team, drop the folder.
Upload it in Teams or Outlook
In Teams on a computer: select your picture at the top right, select it again, Upload, Save. On an iPhone: tap your picture, your name, Update photo. On Android: More, your picture, Edit image. It can take a while to show everywhere.
The finished work picture
The AwaCut cutout on light indigo (Custom, #E0E7FF), cropped square. Calm, clear in a chat list, and the same colour can go behind the whole team.
Check it small
The same picture as a circle at 110 px, about the size on a profile page, and at 40 px, the size beside a comment or a message. The face still reads at both, because it fills the frame and the background is plain.
Teams and Outlook profile picture in 2026
Size
- What Microsoft says
- No size published
- What to do
- Upload a square of at least 1080 × 1080 px (our advice).
Teams on a computer
- What Microsoft says
- Your picture > your picture > Upload > Save
- What to do
- At the top right of Teams.
Teams on a phone
- What Microsoft says
- iPhone: Update photo. Android: More > Edit image
- What to do
- From your picture in the app.
Outlook
- What Microsoft says
- Select your picture to open your profile card
- What to do
- Update the photo there.
Timing
- What Microsoft says
- It may take time to update everywhere
- What to do
- Give it a while before uploading again.
Your cutout (AwaCut)
- What Microsoft says
- Keeps the photo's own size
- What to do
- A 12 MP phone photo is about 4000 × 3000, far above any profile size.
| What | What Microsoft says | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Size | No size published | Upload a square of at least 1080 × 1080 px (our advice). |
| Teams on a computer | Your picture > your picture > Upload > Save | At the top right of Teams. |
| Teams on a phone | iPhone: Update photo. Android: More > Edit image | From your picture in the app. |
| Outlook | Select your picture to open your profile card | Update the photo there. |
| Timing | It may take time to update everywhere | Give it a while before uploading again. |
| Your cutout (AwaCut) | Keeps the photo's own size | A 12 MP phone photo is about 4000 × 3000, far above any profile size. |
Source: Microsoft Support (“Change your profile picture in Microsoft Teams”, “Profile cards in Microsoft 365”), read on 25 October 2026.
Three mistakes on work profile pictures
Every colleague on a different background
A team page of kitchens, cars and holidays looks unplanned. One shared colour fixes it.
Uploading again too soon
Microsoft says the picture can take time to update everywhere. Wait before trying again.
A face too small
In a Teams chat list the picture is a few millimetres wide. Crop to head and shoulders.
The whole team on one background
This is where AwaCut pays off most: collect everyone's photo, drop the folder in, set one Custom colour, and every person comes back on the same background, ready for Teams and Outlook. It runs on your computer, so staff photos never go to a server, and there are no credits: as many photos as you want, all year.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I change my profile picture in Teams?
On a computer, select your profile picture at the top right of Teams, select it again, choose Upload, then Save. On an iPhone, tap your picture, then your name, then Update photo. On Android, tap More, then your picture, then Edit image.
How do I change my Outlook profile picture?
In Outlook, select your profile picture to open your profile card, then update the photo from there.
Why hasn't my new Teams picture shown up yet?
Microsoft says it may take time for the picture to update across Teams. Give it a while before uploading it again.
What size should a Teams profile picture be?
Microsoft does not publish a size on its help page. Upload a square of at least 1080 × 1080 px, face centred; it is shown as a circle.
How do I change the background of my Teams profile picture?
Drop the photo into AwaCut and choose Custom to put yourself on a plain colour, or White, or Alpha for a transparent PNG. It runs offline on Mac, Windows and Linux.
A clean profile picture, from the photo you already have
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