Learn how to edit your Pinterest profile and profile cover image!
Easy step by step instructions on how to edit your Pinterest profile.
Customize your Pinterest page to make it stand out!
The Pinterest profile consists of:
- A photo – it can be a photo of you or any photo you’d like to appear in your profile.
- The name of your Pinterest page.
- About section – this is a description of you or your Pinterest page.
- Website – you can link your website url here.
- Username
- Under your Pinterest profile photo and page name you will see your followers number, the number of Pinterest pages you follow as well as the monthly views your Pinterest page receives.
How to Edit Your Pinterest Profile and Profile Cover Image
1. How To Edit Your Pinterest Profile
Your Pinterest profile description is displayed under your profile pic and profile name.
To change your Pinterest Profile description:
- Click the ‘Edit profile” button
- Change your photo – click the ‘Change’ button beside your photo. Click ‘Choose photo’ to select a photo from your computer. Select the photo you want to use. The photo is immediately updated.
- Name – to edit the name that people on Pinterest will see when they visit your profile type in the name. If you have a personal account, you’ll have to add your first name. Adding a last name is optional. If you have a business account, enter the business name.
- Change the ‘About’ description – add a description about your Pinterest page using keywords.
- Add your website url link
2. How To Add Or Change Your Pinterest Profile Cover Image
The profile cover image is at the top right of the Pinterest page beside your profile.
This cover photo is a fabulous way to showcase your Pinterest page!
How to add a Pinterest profile cover photo:
- Go to your Pinterest profile and click the edit pencil button that’s in the top right corner of the profile cover.
- A pop up will appear.
- The pop up displays 2 options: ‘Change cover‘ and ‘Remove Cover‘
- Select ‘Change cover‘ and add a profile cover image.
- Drag and drop an image or click ‘Browse‘ to upload a photo from your computer.
- You can add PNG, JPG and GIF images up to 10MB.
- Crop or pan the image to fit the 16:9 ratio
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Hi Heather–thank you so much for posting this. I use Pinterest a lot and really love the inspiration I get from it. Just yesterday I searched for another recipe to change up an old favorite, meatloaf. 🙂
Also love the blue and white bedroom photo here–I redid my bedroom colors a few years ago–more nautical theme. Coastal Living is a magazine I used for ideas. Keep your inspiration coming!
You’re welcome Marilyn Jess! I’m so glad you enjoyed this post! xo Heather
My name posted incorrectly–my name is Marilyn Jess.
So complicated! Why didn’t they leave well enough alone?!
I hear you Teddee!!! They are always changing things!!
Hi Heather! Thank you for the post. I used to use Pinterest a lot for ideas but the last few years just for recipes. I have a question for you though. Should I make a new Pinterest account for my decor business or link it with my personal? What did you do? I have had Pinterest since 2011 so there is a lot of stuff on there. Also, how do you put your decor pics of your house posted to Pinterest? Sorry, lots of questions. I found your blog post very helpful. I still have to start a blog. I connected my decor acct on instagram with my personal. But, I found out I would have to pay $1,500 for my design name , that I have had since 2011, for a website. So, I am thinking of changing the name of my business and rebranding everything, especially before I do my Pinterest account. What would you do? Sorry, so many questions. Thanks for any advice you have. I enjoy all your content. ♥️
Hi Lynn – I only have one Pinterest account for my business, and it’s a business Pinterest account. I think if I were you I would set up your business website first with the domain name and url that you want and then create social media accounts and Pinterest account just for it. You can create a business Pinterest account that will give you analytics and other great information for your business. Hope that helps!
Thank you Heather! I appreciate the advice. ?
Hi Heather –
I can’t seem to change any of my profile settings, or settings re my bio that need to be changed, email needs to be changed and I also want to change my USER NAME? How do I do this, and also organize my boards that have overlapping info?
Hi Katie – Try logging out of Pinterest and clearing your cache. Then log back into Pinterest and go into settings. HOpe that helps!
I cannot seem to update my account so cannot save or pin anything.
I would submit a help ticket with Pinterest and they’ll email you back to help you!
This option to create a banner (in business mode) seems to be gone now from Pinterest. It now appears that you are only able to upload a picture. Can you confirm that this is true?
You can upload a picture or a video.
As a follow-up, does that mean if I accidentally deleted that amazing default banner on my business page I can no longer get that feature back? I am able to get the photo and video, but I can’t seem to get back to the default cover which I LOVED! Thank you!
Hi Laura – there is still a default banner which is a collage of your pins that Pinterest selects. The new default banner doesn’t stretch across the top of the Pinterest page, it’s a smaller rectangle. You are able to upload a video or a photo, which can be a single photo or a collage image if you create one! I hope that helps!
Thanks for putting all that effort in creating a comprehensive guideline while Pinterest messes with previous, perfect possibilities.
I detest that change. I used to change the banner board image per activity I wanted to promote. Now I want to change to another board and I can’t. Really ticks me off.
I do not like that the boards you want to use have lost the letter prompts on the side to get you to the correct place you want to pin it
Could you please tell me how to choose a specific pin that will represent the board its pined too.
When i look at my list of boards there is always an image (pin) that you see first. It represents what the board is all about. In the past I have been able to choose which image I want but not anymore. Dont know if pintrest updates have done away with this choice. Do you know of any way I can do this?
Thanks for your help
Go to ‘Edit Board’, then to ‘board cover’, click on the pencil icon and you can choose a different photo. However Pinterest only allows you to choose from a few of the recent photos that you’ve recently pinned to that board, you can’t upload a photo. If you want a certain photo that isn’t displayed, then pin it to that board and then you can select that photo. Hope that helps!
Hi Heather,
How do you get this option to come up in the first place? When I click on the little pencil it just gives me an option to upload an image from my computer not anything you’ve described above for a business account.
Pinterest has recently updated their profile update methods.
Thank you for this post! Yet i just created my business account and I click on the pencil and all it does is take me to upload a picture I want it to feature a board what can I do?
Hello thanks for the information. I have a problem… I do not have that option you showed regarding posting pins onto the background photo. All I can select is upload photo. There is no option to select pins. Is this normal or am I the lucky winner of a glitch?
It’s not a glitch. Pinterest has changed it so now you can only upload a photo.
My banner collage is gone and I can’t seem to get it back. I can’t find a date on your above post so I don’t know if any of this would still be relevant on Pinterest or if I am beating my head against a wall for nothing. Ugh. Nothing you show is coming up on my settings. : (