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This wikiHow teaches you how to change the name that appears in your comments and your YouTube channel name. You can change your name three times before Google temporarily restricts your name change. Changing your username means changing your display name on any Google-affiliated service, such as Gmail or Google+.
Steps
On the phone
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Open YouTube. Click on the red app, in the center there is a white triangle. If you are already logged in, the screen will appear on the homepage of YouTube.
- If you’re not logged in, you’ll need to tap the ⋮ button and then enter your email address and password to continue.
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Tap the channel icon located in the upper right corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click on My channel or My Channel near the top of the page.
- If you want to rename a connected channel, instead of selecting My channel , tap Switch account or Switch accounts , tap the channel name, then tap the channel icon again.
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Tap the icon 
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located on the right side of the page, right next to your name.
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Click on the icon 
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pencil image to the right of your current name.
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Change name. Substitute the name you want into both the “First” (“First Name”) and “Last” (“Last Name”) data areas.
- If you’re changing a username, you’ll need to enter both the first and last name.
- If you are changing the channel name, Youtube will not show the “Last” section, only the “Name” or “Name” section for you to enter.
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Press ✓ or OK in the upper right corner of the screen. Then the username (the name everyone will see when you comment on a video) will be changed.
- This name will also appear on Gmail as well as Google+.
- You can change your name three times every 90 days as per Google policy.
On the computer
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Go to YouTube. Type https://www.youtube.com/ in the address bar of your browser. If you’re already logged in, this will take you to the YouTube homepage.
- If you are not logged in, click Sign in or Sign in and enter your email address and password to continue.
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Click on your channel icon located in the upper right corner of the YouTube page. A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click the . icon
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located near the bottom of the drop-down menu.
- If you want to rename a connection channel, instead of selecting My channel , click Switch account or Switch accounts , click the channel name, then click the channel icon again.
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Click the Edit on Google or Edit on Google option. This link is to the right of your name, just below the “Account information” or “Account information” headings.
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Enter your first and last name in the “Last” and “First” boxes, respectively.
- If you want your name to appear as a phrase (for example, “Bitter Bitter”), you may need to type the first word in the “First” box and the rest in the “Last” box.
- If you are renaming the channel, Youtube will not show the “Last” section, only the “Name” section for you to enter.
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Click the OK button at the bottom of the name change window.
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Click on CHANGE NAME or RENAME when the confirmation dialog box appears. So your account name (or Youtube channel name) has been changed.
Advice
- If you don’t have a Youtube channel, changing the username on your Google+ account will make your channel’s name named after that Google+ account.
Warning
- You cannot reuse canonical usernames on Youtube.
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