Sync your profile information across your accounts

After your accounts have been added to the same Accounts Centre, you can choose to sync your name, profile picture, username and/or avatar across your Facebook, Instagram and/or Meta Horizon profiles. Syncing your profile information allows you to make updates across your profiles simultaneously. You can also create new profiles using information from your other existing profiles.
You don't have to sync your profile information with another account to sign up for Facebook or Instagram. You can choose whether to sync your profile picture, username and/or avatar across your profiles, but in order to sync profile information, you need to sync your name.
If you choose to sync your profile information, you can decide to unsync it later.

What it means to sync your profile information:

  • If you sync profile information across your Facebook, Instagram or Meta Horizon profiles, changes that you make to your profile information (such as your name, username, profile picture and avatar) will appear across all of your profiles with synced info. For example, when you change your avatar on Facebook or Instagram, it will change for both profiles.
  • If you remove an account from Accounts Centre, your profile info for profiles in that account will no longer sync.
  • You can't sync information from one profile to another between profiles on the same app (for example, you can't sync two Instagram profiles, two Facebook profiles or two Meta Horizon profiles).
Syncing your name:
  • Before you can sync your profile picture, username or avatar, you need to sync your name. This means that:
    • When you sync your name, your name will become the same across all of the profiles you've chosen to sync.
    • People will be able to see and search for you with this name on the apps (Facebook, Instagram and/or Meta Horizon) where you've chosen to sync profile information.
    • People may also see suggestions (e.g. to add you as a friend or to follow you) associated with this name on the apps (Facebook, Instagram and/or Meta Horizon) where you've chosen to sync profile information.
Syncing your profile picture:
  • If you choose to sync your profile picture, your picture will become the same across all of the profiles that you've chosen to sync.
  • Note that your previous Instagram profile pictures have not been saved. If you choose to sync your profile picture (and use a Facebook profile picture for your Facebook and Instagram accounts), if you turn off profile syncing, your previous Instagram profile picture will not appear.
Syncing your username:
  • If you choose to sync your username, your username will become the same across all of the profiles that you've chosen to sync. This means:
    • People will be able to see and search for you with this username on the apps (Facebook, Instagram and/or Meta Horizon) where you've chosen to sync profile information.
    • People may also see suggestions (e.g. to add you as a friend or to follow you) associated with this username on the apps (Facebook, Instagram and/or Meta Horizon) where you've chosen to sync profile information.
  • To sync your usernames, the username that you choose must be available on each app.
Syncing your avatar:
When you sync your avatar, you can choose to use either your Facebook or Instagram avatar across your profiles. The default avatar will be the avatar from the app you're currently using.
To sync your name, username, profile picture and/or avatar across your profiles:
  1. Click your profile picture in the top right of Facebook.
  2. Click Settings and privacy, then click Settings.
  3. Click Accounts Centre in the left menu.
  4. Click either your Facebook or Instagram profile.
  5. Click next to Sync profile info to turn name and profile picture syncing off or on.
  6. If you have more than two profiles, first select which profile you want to sync with.
  7. Select to sync your name or your name and profile picture. To use a different profile picture:
    1. Click Change photo.
    2. Click the circle next to the account that you'd like to use for your profile picture.
    3. Click Save.
  8. Click Continue.
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