Profile

Profiles are pages on the Roblox website that show information about a user, including what they are wearing on their avatar, what communities they are in, and what user badges they have.

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Click on an element of the profile below to jump to the section that contains more information about that element.

Profile elements[]

Username[]

The username on a profile is the name of an account. Usernames can be changed by spending 1,000 Robux.

Display name[]

The display name is a name a user can choose that shows up on the leaderboard, username above the user's head, and usernames in the chat in most experiences.

Headshot[]

Also known as profile pictures, the headshot image shows the upper body and head of the avatar of a user. As of December 2020, headshot images are rendered with the character facing directly towards the camera. However, if you still have an old outfit before December 2020, it will face as before, some profiles of Roblox users have their animations being shown with their idle animation, appeared during mid-2017.

Headshot emotes[]

A Robloxian doing a salute emote in the profile picture

You can make your character in the headshot do emotes and you can move the profile picture's position around to make it look better. While the feature has been mostly rolled out, currently the ability to set an emote as the profile picture is only available in the desktop and mobile apps.

Activity status[]

Activity status icons

The activity status icon shows whether a user is in-experience, in Roblox Studio, or browsing the Roblox website. It is visible in the bottom right corner of a user's headshot image. When a user is on Roblox while not in an experience on a Xbox, It will say "Xbox Game App" when you go onto their profile. Activity status can only be acessed by friends or by yourself.

Friend counter[]

The friend counter displays the number of friends that a user has. Users can have up to 1,000 friends.

Followers/Following counter[]

The followers and following counters display the number of people that are following or being followed by a user.

A Follower is established when one person chooses to follow the activity of another user. It is used to stay up to date on what users are playing and making. Users can follow an unlimited number of users.

Add Friend[]

The Add Friend button allows users to send a friend request to another user.

Options[]

The Options menu, visible in the form of three dots near the top right of the profile, can be used to follow, unfollow, block, unblock, and view the inventory of a user.

About[]

The About section can contain a paragraph of text that is written by a user. The contents of the about section can be changed in the Account Settings menu.

Social links[]

Along with writing a paragraph that is displayed on a user's profile, they can attach links to external social media websites. But if the User is below 13, they cannot add social links or see other's social links.

Past usernames[]

The Past usernames label displays a user's previous usernames, if they have spent Robux to change their name previously.

Creations[]

The Creations section contains places that the user has opted to display publicly on their profile. It also shows models and clothing that were most recently uploaded by the user.

Currently Wearing[]

The Currently Wearing section contains a preview of the user's avatar, along with a grid that contains the individual items that they are wearing.

Friends[]

The Friends section contains a list of users that a user has most recently friended.

Collections[]

The Collections section contains a list of accessories that a user has opted to display on their profile. If the user has not manually added any items to their collections, the most recent accessories that the user obtained will show instead.

Communities[]

The Communities (formerly groups) section contains a list of communities that a user is in. For each community, the description, member count, and the user's current rank in the community is displayed.

Favorites[]

The Favorites section contains a list of experiences that a user has most recently favorited.

Roblox Badges[]

The Roblox Badges section contains a list of all Roblox badges a user has received. These badges are not tied to a specific experience, and instead can show a user's account age, place visits, administrator status, and other details.

Badges[]

The Badges (formerly Player Badges) section contains a list of the most recent experience-specific badges that the user has earned.

Statistics[]

The Statistics section contains various details about a user, including their account creation date and their total number of place visits for places that they have made public on their profile, place visits for communities the user owns does not show on your profile. Prior to December 11, 2017 it also displayed the users forum post count.

Discontinued elements[]

Message[]

The Message button allowed users to send a private message to another user. This option was be unavailable if the user did not allow private messages or had restricted privacy settings. The messaging feature between users was removed on October 29, 2024

Status[]

Statuses were added on July 30, 2009.^[1]

Statuses were small blurbs of text that could be set by a user. They were displayed at the top of the profile, under the username. As of February 24, 2021, they have been removed from profiles. Prior to 27 November 2021, you could post a status through the "My Feed" page, until it's deletion.

A user status showing at logging off in the Roblox page

Primary community[]

Users can set one community they are currently in to be their primary community. A user's primary community was displayed below the About section. Although they are still visible when searching for a user, they were removed from profiles in 2015.