Can I change the icon used to identify profiles in Google Chrome web browser?

This worked for me:

1. Quit Chrome (ensure you don't have any running).
2. Find the Chrome application directory (e.g., on Windows, it is %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data, on Mac it's ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/).
3. Put your new avatar png file into the "Default" subdirectory.
4. Edit the "Local State" file in a good text editor.

5. Find the "profile" section; it resembles this:

      "profile": {
         "info_cache": {
            "Default": {
               "avatar_icon": "chrome://theme/IDR_PROFILE_AVATAR_7",
   

6. Ignore the "avatar_icon" line - it's not what you want!

7. Edit the "Default" profile section and add the following lines (I put them in the right alphabetical order amongst the other lines; I'm not sure whether that matters):

               "gaia_picture_file_name": "your-icon-file-name.png",
            "has_migrated_to_gaia_info": true,
            "use_gaia_picture": true,

8. Save the "Local State" file.

9. Start Chrome.

If you want to do this for other profiles, just do the above steps for a different directory besides "Default" (for example, "Profile 1").

You may want to star the Chrome issue 91230 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=91230 to get a proper UI for this type of thing again.

(I also answered this at How do I access/edit the Chrome user avatar images? on Super User.)

This is not possible in current versions of Google Chrome or Chromium.

The Chromium issue tracker has a ticket for adding this feature, which you can follow:

• Issue 91230: Multi-Profiles: Add support for custom avatar

I just found a "non-hacky" way to fix this...

1. Click on the profile name at the top of the browser window.
2. Select the profile picture, the chrome settings page will appear with a list of avatars to choose from. Close this.
3. From the list of profiles, select the one labeled "Current". Note: this only works for the profile currently active.
4. Click "Edit". Your Google Profile Image should appear at the beginning of the list.
5. Switch profiles and repeat.

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Chrome: Version 47.0.2526.106 m

OS: Windows 10 Pro