Instagram: How to Edit Your Avatar

Users can tweak their character's appearance whenever they want

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Instagram users can create a 3D avatar to represent themselves throughout the photo- and video-sharing application. Once a user creates an avatar on Instagram, they can edit their avatar’s appearance in the future in order to change its hairstyle, outfit and so on.

Our guide will show you how to edit your Instagram avatar from within the Instagram mobile app.

Note: These screenshots were captured in the Instagram app on iOS.

Step 1: On your Instagram profile, tap the icon of three horizontal lines in the top-right corner of the screen.


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