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How to Change Your Channel Name on YouTube

Your channel name on YouTube can be changed at any time.

In addition, channel names are not unique, so you can use the same name as another channel.

If you have a very small YouTube channel, it’s fine to change your channel name.

However, if you have a large YouTube channel, it’s highly recommended that you refrain from changing it.

This is because your subscribers might not be able to recognize your channel.

As a result, they will unsubscribe to it and you’ll lose a lot of subscribers.

If you’re persistent in changing your channel name, you need to make an announcement about it.

You make the announcement in your next video or on social media.

This is to give your subscribers a heads-up that you’ve changed your channel name.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to change your YouTube channel name on a desktop and on YouTube mobile (iOS/Android).

How to change your channel name on YouTube

To change your channel name on YouTube, you need to open the YouTube app and tap on your channel icon.

Once you’re on your channel, tap on “Edit Channel”, then tap on the edit icon next to your channel name.

After you’ve tapped on the edit icon, you’ll be able to change your YouTube channel name!

Make sure to save your changes by tapping on the tick icon.

Then, head back to your YouTube channel and you’ll see that your channel name is changed.

You can change your YouTube channel name on a PC and on the YouTube mobile app.

In this guide, we’ll use the YouTube mobile app instead because there are more mobile users than desktop users.

Here’s how to change your channel name on YouTube:

  1. Open the YouTube app & tap on your channel icon
  2. Go to your YouTube channel
  3. Tap on “Edit channel”
  4. Tap on the edit icon next to your channel name
  5. Change your YouTube channel name

1. Open the YouTube app & tap on your channel icon

YouTube channel icon

First of all, you need to open the YouTube mobile app on your iOS/Android device.

Next, sign in to your YouTube account if you haven’t already.

You can also use the desktop version of YouTube for this.

In this guide, we’ll use the YouTube mobile app instead of the desktop version of YouTube.

This is because there are more mobile users than desktop users.

Once you’re on the YouTube mobile app, you’ll see your channel icon on the top navigation bar.

Tap on your channel icon to open the navigation menu.

If you’re using the desktop version of YouTube, you need to click on your channel icon as well.

2. Go to your YouTube channel

Your channel on YouTube

After you’ve tapped on your channel icon, a navigation menu will open.

The navigation menu contains several options.

This includes “Turn on Incognito”, “Add account”, “Your channel”, and others.

To change or edit your YouTube channel name, you need to go to your channel.

Tap on “Your channel” to go to your YouTube channel.

If you’re using the desktop version of YouTube, you need to click on “Your channel” as well.

3. Tap on “Edit channel”

Edit your channel on YouTube mobile

After you’ve tapped on “Your channel”, you’ll land on your YouTube channel.

On your YouTube channel, you’ll see a couple of buttons.

This includes “Edit channel” and “Manage Videos”.

The buttons are located between your channel name and your uploads.

You’ll be able to edit your YouTube channel by tapping on the “Edit channel” button.

This includes changing your YouTube channel name and description.

Tap on “Edit channel” to edit your YouTube channel.

If you’re using the desktop version of YouTube, you need to click on “Customize channel” instead.

4. Tap on the edit icon next to your channel name

How to change your YouTube channel name on mobile

After you’ve tapped on “Edit channel”, you’ll land on your channel settings.

On your channel settings, you’ll be able to edit your channel.

This includes your channel banner, icon, name, and description.

Next to your channel name, you’ll see a small edit icon.

To edit your YouTube channel name, you need to tap on the edit icon next to it.

Tap on the edit icon next to your YouTube channel name.

If you’re using the desktop version of YouTube, you’ll land on the “Channel customization” page.

Once you’re on the “Channel customization” page, click on “Basic Info” to go to your channel settings, then click on the edit icon next to your channel name.

5. Change your YouTube channel name

How to change your YouTube channel name

After you’ve tapped on the edit icon next to your channel name, you’ll land on the “Edit name” page.

On this page, you’ll be able to change or edit your YouTube channel name.

In the “Name” field, you’ll see your YouTube channel name.

Firstly, delete your existing channel name in the “Name” field.

Next, choose a new channel name and enter in the “Name” field.

Do note that you can only use up to 50 characters.

Your channel name will be visible to all users on YouTube.

In addition, changes made to your name will only be reflected on YouTube.

Once you’re done, you need to save your changes.

Tap on the tick icon to save your changes.

Now, head back to your YouTube channel and you’ll see that your name is changed!

You can follow the same steps if you’re using the desktop version of YouTube.

Conclusion

If you have a YouTube channel with a lot of subscribers, it’s best not to change your channel name.

Changing your channel name will confuse your subscribers because they might not be able to recognize your channel.

As a result, you’ll lose subscribers and your viewership might drop.

If you don’t have any subscribers, it’s fine to change your YouTube channel name.

In this article, you’ve learned how to change your YouTube channel name on the YouTube mobile app.

However, changing your YouTube channel name on the desktop version of YouTube is a little different.

To do so, you need to navigate to the “Channel customization” section on YouTube studio and go to “Basic Info”.

On the “Basic Info” page, you’ll be able to change your channel name by clicking on the edit icon next to it.

Similar to the YouTube mobile app, you need to save your changes.

To save your changes, you need to click on the “Publish” button.

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