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I want to delete the photo associated with my Gmail account without adding another photo. I tried doing this in Google profile, but I could only find the option to upload a different photo (which I don't want to do). Any ideas?

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Gmail > Settings > General > My picture > Change Picture > Select No picture

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Thanks! I got thrown off by the profile page that doesn't have this option. I'll accept your answer when it lets me. – user460847 Jul 28 '11 at 22:23
Yeah, they are sneaky like that. – Mahendru Jul 28 '11 at 22:26
For me it changed the Gmail/chat pic but not the Google+ picture, so I used Noah's trick too. – Nicolas Raoul Feb 24 at 9:08
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Download this photo and set it as your profile picture. No one will ever tell the difference.

The photo:
enter image description here

P.S.: this is not my photo. I Google Image searched "default google profile photo" and clicked "Similar" on a photo then on another in those results and got it.

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You can go into Picasa and delete the albums with the associated information you wish to delete. The above method doesn't actually remove your photo from the internet it just makes it harder to see. Trust no one.

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You can delete your photos. Go to your Google+ Account > Change Profile Picture > click to see all your Profile Pictures > on bottom left, there's an "Options" button > click "Delete". You can delete all your profile pictures.

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