{index "Help"} "Manage your account" 1 Help - Manage your account

# Manage your account

## Personal info

To change personal information, including first name, last name, email, screen name, home page and biography.

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In "My Account" area click on the "Edit" button
- Edit your information
- Click on the "OK" button

## Photo

### To add a photo to your profile

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In "Your Account" area, click on "Upload a portrait"
- Click on "Browse" to select your file from a folder of your PC
- Add a comment in the "Caption" field (optional)
- Click on the "Upload" button.

### To modify an existing photo

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In "Your Account" area, click on "Manage Portrait"
- Click on "Upload Replacement Portrait"
- Click on "Browse" to select your file from a folder of your PC
- Add a comment in the "Caption" field (optional)
- Click on the "Upload" button.

### To add or edit a comment to an existing photo

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In "Your Portrait" area, click on "Edit"
- Click on "Edit comment"
- Add or modify your comment in the "Story Behind Photo" field
- Click on the "Save comment" button

### To remove an existing photo

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In "Your Account" area, click on "Manage Portrait"
- Click on "Erase Portrait"
- To confirm, click on the "Yes, I’m sure" button

## Language and Timezone

To change <%=[ad_system_name]%> language and timezone

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In "My Account" area, click on "Change Language"
- Select your language and timezone
- Click on the "OK" button

## Privacy level

You can choose to hide your email address from other users or show it as a text or as an image, or to allow other users to contact you via a form

### To change your email privacy level

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In the "My Account" area, click on "Change my email privacy level"
- Select your privacy level.
- Click on the "OK" button

### To be invisible to other users

<%=[ad_system_name]%> shows who is online via the link "Members online", on the top line, next to the "Welcome" and "Logout". By default, other users can see if you are online.

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In "Preferences" area, click on "Make yourself invisible"

### To be visible to other users

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In "Preferences" area, click on "Make yourself visible"

## Close your account

To close definitively your <%=[ad_system_name]%> account (please note that after closing your account, you will not be able to connect to <%=[ad_system_name]%> again, unless you create a new account)

- Go to "Control Panel"
- In "My Account" area, click on "Close your Account"
- To confirm, click on "Yes, please close my account"