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How to change your avatar on PS5

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Online platforms tend to offer us a wide variety of customizable features to show off our personality. If you have a PlayStation 5, one of these features is avatars, which serve as a profile picture for others to see when looking at your profile. Since there are so many available, and many more can be earned through various means, you can probably find a way to sport an avatar from one of your favorite games so that people get to know you a bit better even at a glance. Here's how to change your PS5 avatar.

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Difficulty

Easy

Duration

5 minutes

What You Need

  • DualSense Controller

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How to change your avatar on PS5

When you're ready to change your PS5 avatar, follow these instructions.

Step 1: Click the Settings gear icon on your PS5 home screen.

Step 2: Click Users and Accounts.

Step 3: Click Account.

Step 4: Click Profile.

Step 5: Click Avatar.

Step 6: Select the avatar you like from the potentially hundreds of options here, then click Ok.

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