How to Change Your Username on YouTube
Open YouTube., Tap your profile icon., Tap My channel., Tap ., Tap ., Change your name., Tap ✓ or OK.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Open YouTube.
It's a red app with a white triangle in the middle.
Doing so will open your YouTube main page if you're already logged in.
If you aren't signed into YouTube, you'll need to tap ⋮, then enter your email address and password to continue. -
Step 2: Tap your profile icon.
It's in the top-right corner of the screen.
This will invoke a drop-down menu., This option is near the top of the page.
If you want to change the name of an attached channel, instead tap Switch account, tap the channel's name, and then tap the profile icon again. , It's on the far-right side of the page, directly across from your username., This is the pencil-shaped icon to the right of your current name., To do so, replace the names in both the "First" and the "Last" text fields with your preferred name.
You must enter a first and last name if you're changing your username.
If you're changing a channel name, this field will simply say "Name" and it will not require a "Last" section. , It's in the top-right corner of the screen.
Doing so will change your username, which is the name people see when you comment on videos.
This name will also appear in Gmail and on Google+.
You can change your name three times every 90 days per Google's policy. -
Step 3: Tap My channel.
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Step 4: Tap .
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Step 5: Tap .
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Step 6: Change your name.
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Step 7: Tap ✓ or OK.
Detailed Guide
It's a red app with a white triangle in the middle.
Doing so will open your YouTube main page if you're already logged in.
If you aren't signed into YouTube, you'll need to tap ⋮, then enter your email address and password to continue.
It's in the top-right corner of the screen.
This will invoke a drop-down menu., This option is near the top of the page.
If you want to change the name of an attached channel, instead tap Switch account, tap the channel's name, and then tap the profile icon again. , It's on the far-right side of the page, directly across from your username., This is the pencil-shaped icon to the right of your current name., To do so, replace the names in both the "First" and the "Last" text fields with your preferred name.
You must enter a first and last name if you're changing your username.
If you're changing a channel name, this field will simply say "Name" and it will not require a "Last" section. , It's in the top-right corner of the screen.
Doing so will change your username, which is the name people see when you comment on videos.
This name will also appear in Gmail and on Google+.
You can change your name three times every 90 days per Google's policy.
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