Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn how to set an account image in the XFCE desktop. I also show how to make a circular profile picture.

To change a user image in XFCE, you need to set account image for both the XFCE desktop and lightDM gtk+ greeter, which is a login manager.

The most suitable account image is 200x200 px. You can also use 96x96 px image.

More XFCE tips: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSmXPSsgkZLt4F4tFSreGqtoFSMUpGo2Q

For MULTI-USERS systems with encrypted home directories, the settings are little different.

I didn't experience this because I had only one user when I created this video.

You can see a part 2 of this video, where I show the setting for XFCE desktops with several users youtu.be/rB_XB8KQsUE

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