Facebook: There was an error updating your profile picture. Please try again.

Posted on October 11, 2010 by vinhboy

Easy fix: change the name of your picture.

Apparently some names are banned from facebook. Like this one: j0400967

I was trying to upload an image for one of the pages I am making on facebook. I tried converting the image to all different formats, including PNG, JPG, GIF, etc.. nothing worked. I even tried removing all the exif data. I tried using a photoshop filter to change the image, nada, no dice. Then I decided to change the image name. Bingo!

Name any image file j0400967 and watch the image upload choke. Fun.

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  • Jeana Lawrence

    I’m receiving the same error, but changing the file name does not solve the problem.

  • Sherwin Lee

    Changing the file name didn’t work for me either. I had to open the image in an editor program, copy, and re-paste into a new file.

  • http://thedesignary.com The Designary

    No dice.

  • Baba-ali05

    there was an error updating your profile picture. please try again. 

  • Ketangangani

    i am receiving There was an error updating your profile picture. Please try again.
    my profile picture is dose not  cahnge please give me solution

  • Ketangangani

    how to solve in There was an error updating your profile picture. Please try again. on facebook setting.

  • Ketangangani

    how to solve There was an error updating your profile picture. Please try again. on facebook setting.

  • Kingkulshreshtha

    There was an error updating your profile picture. Please try again.pleseee help meeeeeeeee

  • Bhavesh Parmar

    n error updating your profile picture

  • Bhavesh Parmar

    n error updating your profile picture

  • Caren051

    help me i am having the same trouble too.. how am i able to solve this help..!!