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Harmeet's avatar
Harmeet S Community Member

Locked Private Profile

Hi Team,

Please help me. My profile has been locked and private and dont know how and now i cant make it public.

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Nikola's avatar
Nikola S Moderator

Hi all,

 

If you are a new freelancer and don't earn money on Upwork within 90 days of your first proposal, or you choose not to submit a proposal within your first 90 days, your profile will change to private. 

 

When your profile is set to private it is not shown in freelancer search results but rest assured, clients are still able to see your profile when you submit proposals!

 

You can switch it back to public by simply logging out and back into your Upwork account again. Note: Your profile will be automatically reset to the visibility option you had. (The options are public, only to other Upwork users, or private.) 

~ Nikola

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Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Lachezar,

 

Thank you for your message. Your profile visibility is set to Public now. 

 

- Pradeep

Waqas's avatar
Waqas A Community Member

i have been struggling for months to change my profie visibility status from private to public but no mattter what i do, i can't seem to change the status. i don't see any scroll down menu to change the profiel visbility to public. i submitted a request here at the forum and some how miraculously, the profile status did change to public, but within 24 horus and after consuing at least 28 connects, the profile went to privat eagain, i reach out to the automated AI chat support and they say , submit a ticket direclty to support team and i have no way of reaching out to the support team, 

it's so frustrating. 

can any one please help me ?"

Ronna's avatar
Ronna P Moderator

Hi Waqas,

I’m sorry to learn about the issue you've experienced with updating your profile visibility and you weren’t able to contact the Upwork Support Team directly. I'm happy to help. To update your profile visibility to public, you can take these steps:

 

  1. Select Profile > Profile Settings
  2. Choose a visibility option from the dropdown menu

 

For further guidance, you can visit this helpful article.  


In case you need to access our support services in the future, it would be best to follow the steps below:

  1. Navigate to the Help Center’s navigation bar and select the “Contact Support” option.
  2. Choose the “Chat with Upwork” option to initiate a conversation with our chatbot.
  3. Type in a question or topic and click “Send.” The chatbot will provide relevant articles related to your question.


We strongly encourage everyone to engage with the chatbot to access the available support options. Asking for assistance directly may not provide sufficient information for the chatbot to be able to assist you appropriately - for example, creating a ticket for you with the right team according to your concern.

~Ronna
Waqas's avatar
Waqas A Community Member

This is not helpful.

you are giving me the same information that i already shared.

the profile setting doesn't give me a scroll down menu to select public
from private .

the chat bot is dead and doesn't know **Edited for Community Guidelines**!

it keeps telling me to contact support but never shows me how to get in
touch with the support team since the only after i have avaialble is a
stupid chat bot.

and i can't even submit a ticket,

so unless you can help me fix this, i am really frustrating and lost as to
how to solve this.

thank you

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Waqas,

 

I am sorry to hear that the troubleshooting steps did not help and that you experienced the issue while reaching our support team. I will be happy to look into this for you. 

 

I checked your account and it appears that your profile is set as an Exclusive agency member. In this case, you will need to switch to your agency account and go to Find Work > Agency Roster to edit your profile visibility. 

 

For now, I have changed your profile visibility to Public. You can try the above steps to see if you are able to change your profile visibility yourself. Feel free to message us if you need further assistance.

 

- Pradeep

Joverly Ann's avatar
Joverly Ann L Community Member

Hi there,

 

My account was kept private, please help me in making it public.

 

Thank you,

J

Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Moderator

Hi Joverlyn,

 

I can confirm that your profile is available to view publicly. Please try again after clearing your cache and cookies or using a different browser. 

~ Joanne
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Karla's avatar
Karla D Community Member

This didn't work for me 😞

Yzabel's avatar
Yzabel O Community Member

Hi! I tried logging out and then back in, but my profile is still set to private. Would it be alright if you guys changed it so public? Thanks 🙂

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Yzabel,

 

I have changed your profile visibility to Public now.

 

- Pradeep

Haris's avatar
Haris T Community Member

Hi there,
My account was set to private. Could you please assist me in making it public?

Thanks!

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Haris,

 

I have changed your profile visibility to Public now. 

 

- Pradeep

Haris's avatar
Haris T Community Member

Hi there,
My account was set to private. Could you please assist me in making it public?

Thanks!

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Omar's avatar
Omar M Community Member

Hello,

My profile's visibility is also set to private and I can't change it, I also don't seem to be able to change my hourly rate

Ivygail's avatar
Ivygail J Moderator

Hello Omar,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. It looks like you are an exclusive agency member and that your agency has set your profile visibility to private.


I’d recommend discussing this with your agency owner or agency administrator as they can reset your profile visibility to “Public” from their end. You may also share this helpful link for more details about how to Manage the Agency Roster and Visibility.

 

~Ivy
Abolakale's avatar
Abolakale R Community Member

my profile is set to private i want it to tun to visible
Luiggi's avatar
Luiggi R Moderator

Hi Oyedele,

 

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Your profile visibility has been updated. Don’t hesitate to let us know if you need further assistance

~ Luiggi
Khalid's avatar
Khalid H Community Member

Hi there, My account was kept private please help me in making it public. thanks

Danyal's avatar
Danyal A Community Member

I have tried different solutions provided at the forum but they are not working. 
again the problem is coming
You can't turn on this badge because your profile is set to private or unavailable.
Kindly set it to public

Ivygail's avatar
Ivygail J Moderator

Hello Danyal,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. It looks like your profile has been updated and is now set to public. Please check this help article to learn more about how you can avoid having your profile automatically set to private.

 

~Ivy
Saloni's avatar
Saloni L Community Member

My profile is set to private. please make it public i have to resume working and i will be more active on the platform.
https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01d26067c868fbe1d7?viewMode=1

Ivygail's avatar
Ivygail J Moderator

Hello Saloni,

 

I checked your account and it looks like your profile is already set to public. Please check this helpful article to learn more about how you can avoid having your profile automatically set to private.

 

~Ivy
Raheel's avatar
Raheel B Community Member

 my profile is automaticaly set to private please help to public it

 

Cyrus's avatar
Cyrus G Community Member

Hi Raheel! Log in to your Upwork account then click your profile, go to settings then find profile settings, once u find it click it then turn the visibility to public or upwork users if you want. that's all

Bakhtiyor's avatar
Bakhtiyor S Community Member

Hi team,
I want to use availability badge but it says: "You can't turn on this badge because your profile is set to private or unavailable."

Can you help me to make my profile visible and turn on Availablity badge?

 

Best regards

Bakhtiyor

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