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Editing Your Profile

Viewing Your Profile


To view your profile, you can click your profile picture in the menu header, or navigate directly to https://cyph.app/#profile.



Activate Edit Mode To Make Changes


In order to make changes to your profile, you must first enable edit mode.


  1. Click "Edit Profile" button in the upper right hand corner of your profile
  • NOTE: on mobile devices and smaller screens, this button will be a circular button with a pencil icon in the lower right hand corner


  1. Make whatever changes you'd like (detailed options below)


  1. Click the Save Profile button to save your changes, or Cancel Changes to cancel
  • NOTE: the save button will not be clickable until changes are made


More customization options are coming soon, but currently you can:


  • Edit your profile picture


  • Edit your cover photo


  • Edit your display name


  • Edit your account description



How To Edit Your Profile Picture


  1. Activate Edit Mode


  1. Click your profile picture (it should highlight if edit mode is enabled)


  1. Select the photo you would like to upload at the file prompt


  1. Crop your selected photo
  • Use the bounding box to set your desired crop
  • Click OK to confirm (or CANCEL if you wish to abort the change)
  • NOTE: you may need to scroll down on some screens to see the confirmation buttons.


  1. Review and save your changes



How To Edit Your Cover Photo


  1. Activate Edit Mode


  1. Click the cover photo on either side of the screen. (Should highlight if edit mode is enabled.)


  1. Select the photo you would like to upload at the file prompt
  • NOTE: wide landscape oriented pictures tend to look best here


  1. Review and save your changes



How To Edit Your Display Name


  1. Activate Edit Mode


  1. Your display name text field should now be editable
  • Simply click into the field and make changes as you would any other text field
  • NOTE: Depending on your cover photo, it may be difficult to see the caret (text cursor). Type to see if it is selected. This behavior will be improved in a future release to avoid confusion.


  1. Review changes and save


  1. NOTE: Cyph usernames can not be changed once registered. This will only update your display name. You can however change the capitalization of your username in your settings.



How To Edit Your Account Description


  1. Activate Edit Mode


  1. Your description text area should now be editable
  • Simply click into the field and make changes as you would any other text field (1k char limit).
  • NOTE: depending on your cover photo, it may be difficult to see the caret (text cursor). Type to see if it is selected. This behavior will be improved in a future release to avoid confusion.


  1. Review changes and save

Updated on: 05/24/2023

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