MacBook – Apple Replaced the Gmail Image

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I use Chrome on my Macbook to send an email through Gmail. While in Gmail, on the top right corner I can see my Google (g+) profile image, but when I hit reply button to reply to an email, then instead of my Google image, it's the default icon that came with my Macbook Admin account (a hawk) being used.

Here is a screenshot of the issue:

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This is really, really annoying and looks totally unprofessional, which makes me wondering about Apple products. I have deleted my Gmail account from the Apple's Mail app and I have also disable it from the Messages app, but still Apple's image persists.

So, how can I get rid of Apple's image appearing on Gmail? Does anybody know how those two are being connected?

NOTE: Just to note that I've used my Gmail email address to register to Apple.

Best Answer

I had this happen when I set up Messages with my Google account on a new Mac, without using Apple Mail or Contacts; suddenly Gmail was the stock image the Mac had defaulted to.

The fix was to log into Gmail via the browser, go into its settings:

Gmail settings "gear menu"

-- the gear menu, not the Google Account menu (which was still showing my usual Google profile picture), where I found the offending image in the My Picture section, and was able to change it.

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