Your Profile Picture is Displayed on Other User's Profile

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Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.

*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Summary

Symptoms

Set a profile picture of yourself. Go to any page added by other user, hover onto the user's username and you can see the user's profile picture. This behavior is correct and expected. Click on the profile picture and you'll be redirected to the user's full profile page. On the page however, you'll see that the user's profile picture is replaced by your own profile picture instead.

Diagnosis

Check on these areas of customizations:

  1. Confluence Admin >> Layouts - Backup all custom layouts and reset them to default

  2. Confluence Admin >> Custom HTML - Backup any custom HTML and reset it to default

Cause

Custom layout customization has caused this problem

Solution

Resolution

Reset the layout setting to default.

ℹ️ Admin can also re-assess the customization made onto the layout and find out which line of code was causing the problem and remove it. Note: Layout customization falls out of Atlassian Support Offerings

Updated on April 2, 2025

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