You can hide some information from your Gravatar profile without deleting it. Hidden information does not appear on your public profile page, but it remains publicly available through the Gravatar API.
Anyone who queries the API—including websites, apps, and services that use Gravatar—may still be able to retrieve this information.
What Hiding Changes
Visibility controls let you decide what appears on your Gravatar profile page. Depending on the section, you can hide:
- Links
- Photos
- Verified accounts
- Interests
- Contact information
- Wallet addresses
Hiding one of these sections changes how your profile page is displayed. It does not make the information private or remove it from your Gravatar profile data.
You can also hide individual verified accounts while leaving the rest of the section visible. A hidden account is removed from your profile page, but it remains publicly available through the Gravatar API.
Keeping Information Private
Remove the information from your profile instead of only hiding it.
- Open the Gravatar profile editor.
- Open the section containing the information.
- Delete the content, clear the relevant fields, or disconnect the account as appropriate.
- Save your changes.
Avoid adding sensitive or confidential information to your Gravatar profile, even if you plan to hide it from the profile page.
Make Your Entire Profile Private
If you do not want your profile information publicly accessible—including through Gravatar’s public API—turn off Public profile in your privacy settings. See Profile privacy and access for instructions, along with options for avatar visibility and search engine indexing.
Why the API Still Includes Hidden Information
The Gravatar profile API allows websites and applications to retrieve public profile information. The editor’s visibility controls are intended to customize the layout of your Gravatar profile page; they are not privacy controls for API data.
