A profile picture helps others in the team recognise you faster. The picture is optional – without a photo, Symiko shows your initial in a circle.
Upload a photo
Open your profile: on a phone, the circle with your photo or initial at the top right; on a computer, your name at the bottom of the sidebar.
Go to the “Profile picture” section.
Tap “Choose a photo” and pick a photo. In the app you can also take a photo directly with “Take a photo”.
In the browser, you now see a preview in the circle. Tap “Save photo” – or “Cancel” if you want to pick a different one.
Symiko confirms “Your profile picture has been saved.”
- In the browser
- In the browser, Symiko automatically crops the photo to a square from the middle of the picture. You see the result in the preview before you save.
- In the app
- In the app, you choose the square section yourself with your phone's cropping tool. The photo is then saved straight away. The first time, your phone asks whether the app may access the camera or your photos.
Formats and size
| Item | What applies |
|---|---|
| File format | JPG, PNG or WebP |
| File size | 4 MB at most. Symiko shrinks large phone photos itself beforehand – you do not need to do anything. |
| Cropping | Square. The saved picture is 512 × 512 pixels. |
| Photo details | Details such as where the photo was taken or which device was used are removed. |
- Use a photo of at least 512 × 512 pixels, otherwise it looks blurry. A normal phone photo is always enough.
- Make sure your face is in the middle of the picture. In the browser, Symiko crops the middle.
- The picture appears small and round. A calm, light background works best.
Where the picture appears and who sees it
Your photo appears in the chat, in the feed and in team lists. Only people who are allowed to see your profile anyway can see it. If you replace the picture, nobody sees the old one any more; Symiko clears it away automatically later.
Posts from head office show the system's logo as the sender, not the profile picture of the person who wrote the post.
Replace or remove your photo
For a new photo, tap “Choose another photo” in the “Profile picture” section and save as above.
To remove it, tap “Remove photo” and confirm the question with “Remove photo”.
Symiko then shows your initial again.
For head office and employers: remove an inappropriate picture
If a profile picture is inappropriate, you can remove it. Head office may do this for people in its system. Partners and partners with several locations may do it for team members and shift leads at their locations if they are allowed to edit personnel files.
Open the person's file – as head office via the “Partner file”, as a partner as described in Keep the personnel file.
At the top, below the name, tap “Remove profile picture”.
Confirm the question “Remove the profile picture of …?” with “Remove profile picture”.
The person can then upload a new picture. You cannot replace someone else's picture, only remove it. The action is recorded in the log.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to upload a profile picture?
No, the profile picture is optional. Without a photo, Symiko shows your initial, and everything works just the same.
Why does it say “Without access to the camera or your photos you cannot choose a picture”?
The app is not allowed to access the camera or your photos. Allow access in your phone's settings and try again.