How to edit your Threads profile, bio and links

In the app (on threads.com, click instead of tap):

1. Tap Profile or your profile picture in the bottom right.
2. Tap Edit profile below your profile information.
3. Tap Name or Username to change them.
4. Tap your profile picture and choose a new one.
5. Tap Bio or Link, update it, then tap Done in the top right.
6. Tap Done in the top right to save your changes.

• Your name, profile picture, username and bio are always public, even on a private profile
• If the Instagram account you used to create your Threads profile is verified, you can only change your profile picture on Instagram

Sources: Instagram Help Centre: Edit your profile on Threads, checked 15 October 2026; Instagram Help Centre: Create a profile on Threads, checked 15 October 2026; Instagram Help Centre: Switch your Threads profile to public or private, checked 15 October 2026

Meta is gradually moving people from Accounts Centre to Meta Account settings, so you may see either name. Neither is available everywhere yet.

• If your Threads username is shared with your Instagram account, Meta warns that changing it may affect some Threads features
• To use the same username on Instagram and Threads, both must be in the same Accounts Centre
• Meta says that from September 2026, matching Threads and Instagram usernames will no longer be needed to run Threads ads. It's rolling out gradually

Sources: Instagram Help Centre: Update your name, username, email and other personal information on Threads, checked 15 October 2026; Instagram Help Centre: Edit your profile on Threads, checked 15 October 2026

Add links from Edit profile by tapping Link. Meta's newsroom says you can add up to five links to your bio, and that Insights shows how many people visited the links you share.

Threads also has a separate podcast field:

1. Go to your profile and tap Edit profile.
2. Tap Podcast.
3. Enter the URL of your podcast.
4. Tap Done in the top right.

• A podcast from a supported service shows as a preview at the top of your profile
• You can then connect your podcast's RSS feed to use Threads' podcast sharing tools, reminders and insights
• To link your Threads profile to a profile on another fediverse server, such as Mastodon, add a link to it in your bio

Sources: Meta Newsroom: New Threads Features for a More Personalized Experience That You Control, checked 15 October 2026; Instagram Help Centre: Add a link to your podcast on your Threads profile, checked 15 October 2026; Instagram Help Centre: Create a profile on Threads, checked 15 October 2026

Interests are topics or communities shown on your profile. On threads.com:

1. Click Profile on the left.
2. Click Edit profile, then Interests.
3. Search for a topic or community.
4. Click a result to add it.
5. Click Done in the top right.

• You can add up to 100 interests
• Interests are public, and anyone who clicks one sees related posts
• Adding a community to your interests also makes you a member of it

Source: Instagram Help Centre: Add interests to your profile on Threads, checked 15 October 2026

If you created your Threads profile with Instagram, your profile shows an Instagram badge that links to it. To change it:

1. Go to your profile and tap Edit profile.
2. Turn Show Instagram badge on or off.
3. Tap Done in the top right.

• The setting works both ways: turning it off on Threads also hides the Threads badge on your Instagram profile
• Anyone who visits your Threads profile can see the badge, even if your profile is private

Source: Instagram Help Centre: Manage the Instagram badge in your Threads profile, checked 15 October 2026

• Your profile picture won't change. If your Instagram account is verified, change the picture on Instagram
• Your name won't change. Meta's edit profile page says you can edit your name from Threads if you created the profile with a mobile number or email, though its create profile page says profiles are made with Instagram or Facebook. Try Accounts Centre, Profiles, instead
• You can't find Accounts Centre. Meta is renaming it Meta Account settings for some people, and Threads isn't in either everywhere yet
• A username change broke something. Meta warns that changing a username shared with Instagram may affect some Threads features

Sources: Instagram Help Centre: Create a profile on Threads, checked 15 October 2026; Instagram Help Centre: Edit your profile on Threads, checked 15 October 2026; Instagram Help Centre: Update your name, username, email and other personal information on Threads, checked 15 October 2026

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