Profile

Your profile controls how Picora addresses you in emails and shows your name in the dashboard. Changes apply immediately and don’t require email re-verification.

Open Settings → Profile to edit.

Display name

A free-form name shown in the dashboard top bar and in confirmation / billing emails.

• Length: 1–60 characters
• Allowed: letters, digits, common punctuation, emoji
• No uniqueness requirement (multiple users can share the same display name)

Tip

This is not your login identifier. Your login is always your email or third-party identity. Changing display name does not affect any URLs or API behavior.

Avatar

Upload a square image (recommended 256 × 256 pixels) shown in the top bar and on shared resource pages.

• Accepted formats: PNG / JPEG / WebP / GIF (no animation)
• Max size: 2 MB
• Stored at avatars/{userId}/avatar.{ext} in Picora’s object storage
• Counted separately from your image quota — avatars don’t reduce your image storage

If you don’t upload an avatar, Picora generates a colored monogram from your display name initials.

Language preference

Choose English or 简体中文. This affects:

• Dashboard UI language (overrides browser detection)
• Email templates (verification codes, billing receipts, alerts)
• API error messages when the request includes Accept-Language header matching your preference

The setting is stored in auth_users.locale (en / zh-CN).

Note

The picora-site documentation site uses its own language switcher (top right of every page). Your dashboard language preference does not auto-apply here. We may sync them in a future release.

Time zone

Picora displays all timestamps in your browser’s local time zone by default. If you need to override it (e.g., to match a remote team’s perspective), choose from the dropdown.

• Server-side timestamps are always stored in UTC (ISO 8601)
• API responses always return UTC; the dashboard formats client-side

Email address

Your registration email is shown but not editable from the profile page. To change it:

1. Go to Settings → Security
2. Click Change email
3. Enter the new address — a verification code is sent
4. Enter the code to confirm

The old email retains login capability until you confirm the new one. If you’ve added third-party identities (Google / Apple / WeChat), they remain linked.

Notification preferences

Manage which emails you receive:

Email type	Default	Can disable?
Login security alerts (new device / IP)	On	No (security-critical)
Quota warnings (80% / 100%)	On	Yes (not recommended)
Bandwidth degrade / suspend	On	No (service-critical)
Billing receipts	On	No (compliance)
Product updates / newsletters	Off	Yes

Related

• Security — password, MFA, account deletion
• API Keys — for programmatic access
• Plan comparison