Your public profile is where information can be found about you by the Scribd community. Whether you're an author who wants to display a bio or a reader who wants to update their profile photo, you can easily change what's displayed on your profile whenever you want!
How much of my profile is public?
Scribd profiles are public and display these details:
- Your Scribd username
- Your full name (if provided)
- Your “About Me” section
- Any public reading lists you’ve created
- Any documents you've uploaded publicly
However, the below information is private and not shown on your profile:
- Your registered email address (unless you've included it in your "About Me” section)
- Your reading history
- Your Saved list and private reading lists are not publicly viewable
- Any documents you've uploaded privately
Our Privacy Policy has additional information about your privacy on Scribd.
Viewing your public profile
You can check out how others see your profile at any time by following these steps:
- Sign in to your account on the Scribd website
- Click on your user icon in the upper-right corner of the page
- Select “Public profile” from the drop-down menu
- Your public profile will appear on screen
Editing your public profile
Your profile details
To change the public details on your profile:
- Sign in to your account on the Scribd website
- Click on your user icon in the upper-right corner of the page
- Select “Your account” from the drop-down menu
- Click on “Edit” next to the “Account Information” section
- Verify your identity through our two-factor authentication process
- Use the text fields to edit the following public details:
- Full Name
- Username (See Updating your password, username, or email address for more details)
- About Me
- Click on the “Save” button
Your profile photo
To change your profile photo:
- Sign in to your account on the Scribd website
- Click on your user icon in the upper-right corner of the page
- Select “Your account” from the drop-down menu
- Click the circular account image with the camera icon in the upper-left corner of the page
- Select the photo you want to upload
- Crop your photo (if applicable)
- Click on the “Save” button
- Click on the “Upload” button
Any changes you make to your Scribd profile details or photo will not affect your profile details or photo on a linked Facebook or Google account.
If you have further questions about your public profile, you’re always welcome to contact Scribd Support — we’re here to help!