---
title: "Changing Your Personal Details"
slug: "changing-your-personal-details-13-1"
tags: ["Portal", "8.3"]
updated: 2025-06-24T14:33:03Z
published: 2025-06-24T14:33:03Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/changing-your-personal-details-13-1"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.ctera.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Changing Your Personal Details

You can configure the following personal details:

- Add or change the avatar used to identify you. If an avatar is not used, your initials are used.
- Your email address.
- Your first and last name. If you do not have an avatar, the initials of the first and last name are used.
- Your company.
- Your language for the user interface, described in [Changing the User Interface Language](/v1/docs/changing-your-personal-details-13-1#changing-the-user-interface-language).
- Your password, described in [Changing Your Password](/v1/docs/changing-your-personal-details-13-1#changing-your-password).

**To configure your user profile:**

1. Click your avatar or initials in the upper-right corner and in the menu, click **MY PROFILE**. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-GW9JYHIU.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D) The **My Profile** page is displayed. ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-RTJ7HPYE.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D)

          **Note**

          

If Single Sign-on (SSO) is enabled, the **Change Password** option is not available.
2. You can upload an avatar by clicking ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-19B89B96.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D) and selecting your picture. The picture must be a JPEG or PNG file. The avatar is displayed instead of your initials.
3. To change information, click ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-D69KGTL5.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D) by the item to change, enter the change and click ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-S2BZE89W.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D) to confirm the change.

          **Note**

          

To change your email address you have to enter the user password to the CTERA Portal and then confirm the email change after receiving a verification email to the new email address.

To exit your profile, click on one of the options in the navigation bar.

## Changing the User Interface Language

You can change the user interface language from the **My Profile** page.

          **Note**

          

You can also change the language in the sign in page.

**To change the user interface language:**

1. Click your avatar or initials in the upper-right corner and then in the menu click **MY PROFILE**.
2. Select the desired language in the **Language** drop-down list.  

After a few seconds, the interface is refreshed with the chosen language.

## Changing Your Password

          **Note**

          

A user accessing the CTERA Portal using Active Directory or Single Sign-on (SSO), cannot change the password from this page, but must contact the system administrator.

If access to the CTERA Portal is by a local user, you can change your password from the **My Profile** page.

**To change the password used to access the CTERA Portal:**

1. Click the avatar in the upper-right corner, and then in the menu click **MY PROFILE**.
2. Click the **Change Password** link.  

The **Change Password** window is displayed.
3. Complete the fields, then click **Change Password**.