--- title: Change your X profile picture from the web or API | Xquik description: Change the profile picture of your connected X account by uploading an image file. Call the same action from the REST API or MCP for many accounts. Try Xquik. canonical: https://xquik.com/en/twitter-profile-picture language: en last-updated: 2026-10-22 --- # Change your X profile picture from the web or API Change your X profile picture. Credits Required Choose a monthly plan to add credits and use metered tools. ## How to use Select a connected X account and upload a profile image. Xquik starts the update and shows its status. ## API PATCH /api/v1/x/profile/avatar - Update your X profile picture. Example request ``` curl -X PATCH https://xquik.com/api/v1/x/profile/avatar \ -H "x-api-key: xq_YOUR_KEY" \ -H "Idempotency-Key: replace-with-a-unique-value" \ -F 'file=@photo.jpg' \ --form-string 'account=@myaccount' ``` ## Cost & credits Each write action uses credits. Subscriptions include monthly credits. Unused credits carry over. Pay-as-you-go credits never expire. [Compare plans](https://xquik.com/en/pricing) ## Use with AI agents Ask your AI agent to update your X profile picture. The agent calls the Xquik MCP server and executes the action on your connected X account. Example prompt ``` Update my X profile picture to this image file photo.jpg. ``` ## Explore more tools [Extract X Article](https://xquik.com/en/article-extractor) Extract available X article content by tweet URL. [Change profile banner](https://xquik.com/en/twitter-banner) Change your X profile banner image. [Brand Mention Monitor](https://xquik.com/en/twitter-monitoring-tool) Find how people talk about your brand on X with AI. [Create Community](https://xquik.com/en/community-creator) Create a new X Community. [Delete Community](https://xquik.com/en/community-deleter) Delete an X Community you own. [Community members](https://xquik.com/en/x-communities) Extract bounded community member sets with profile data. 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