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Anonymous asked in Yahoo ProductsYahoo MessengerUser Profiles · 1 decade ago

How do you customize your avatar?

I haven't been on yahoo in a long time, and I forgot how to change/customize my avatar. Anyone know how?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Your avatar can be a cartoon or a photo. Cartoons are created at the Avatar web site. Photos are uploaded to the Pulse web site.

    If you have hidden your Pulse Profile you can use a cartoon avatar but for a Pulse Profile picture to appear here it can't be hidden. If you do not want information public then you can hide each element or leave it blank.

    If you have already created an avatar and it is not appearing be sure to follow step Ⓒ completely.

    Ⓐ │ If you want a C̲a̲r̲t̲o̲o̲n̲ avatar then create or modify one at

    Ⓐ │ http://avatars.yahoo.com/ and then go to Ⓒ.

    Ⓑ │ If you want a P̲h̲o̲t̲o̲ avatar then upload an image to your Pulse Profile at

    Ⓑ │ http://pulse.yahoo.com/y . Click on the current photo to get the update options.

    Ⓑ │ Select the one you want to use and then go to Ⓒ. NOTE: If you hide your profile

    Ⓑ │ the image will not show up on Yahoo! Answers.

    Ⓒ │ Now go to the Yahoo Answers profile at http://answers.yahoo.com/my/my_edit .

    Ⓒ │ Click "update photo or avatar". Be sure to "save" at the bottom of the page.

    Ⓒ │ This is also where you can change your nickname.

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  • Click "My Activity" at top of page

    Select "Edit My Preferences"

    Click "Update photo or avatar"

    Follow instructions to select your photo/avatar

    Click "Submit" on bottom of original page when done

    To make a carton avatar:

    http://avatar.yahoo.com/

    Make sure your Pulse profile is not hidden.

    :o)

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