How do you change your icon pic on yahoo answers?

[Matt737]

I was just wondering how you change the little icon picture by your user name on yahoo answers,if you know how please answer thanks.

[thejanith]

First, you need to be sure your main Yahoo profile is not hidden. Having the profile hidden usually gives you the exclamation point avatar. Once that's public, go to the MY ACTIVITY tab at the top of the page and click on Edit My Preferences. Then, click on the About You tab. Look for the photo section and you'll see a link to upload a photo or create an avatar. Be sure to save your changes at the bottom of the page, or you'll get lots of practice doing this again and again and again and...

[echinopsis .]

You can use a photo or a Yahoo! cartoon avatar, and if you have a Facebook or Twitter account, you can also use those avatars.

Go to: http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/privacy/ - make sure your profile isn't hidden, because if it is, your avatar won't show.

If you want a cartoon avatar, go here to create one: http://avatars.yahoo.com/ - then click on "Yahoo!" under "Export your Avatar".

In case you want to use a Facebook or Twitter avatar, you need to link those accounts in the Profile options.
http://profile.yahoo.com/y/settings/linked-accounts/

You have several options in case you want a photo avatar:
a) go to your Yahoo! Answers settings at http://answers.yahoo.com/my-activity/edit/about , click "Update photo or avatar",
b) go to your Yahoo! Profile at http://profile.yahoo.com/ , click on the current avatar.
Now upload a picture or choose one of the pics you've uploaded previously.

Note: you need to use a desktop computer in order to change your avatar, you can't do it with a mobile.