Usernames are designed to help other users in finding the people or pages among the billions of profiles and pages on Facebook. Creating a username helps your friends and family members to find your account immediately. Think of it like this: finding the Facebook account of your new friend Ishita Pandey is like finding a needle in a field full of haystacks while finding the Facebook page of ishitapandey5456 is going to be a bit easier. Facebook allows its users to change their names. But only if your account is eligible for the name change policy. Then Facebook will allow you to change the name of your profile. If you want to change your username do it with care because once you changed it you cannot go back to the previous one.
Before changing your name on Facebook there are some conditions that you should know about:
- Words or phrases that are abusive and go against Facebook’s Community Standards.
- Phrases that represent some organizations.
- Repeating characters, unusual capitalization, or punctuation.
- Multiple languages characters.
- Titles of any kind.
Other than the above-mentioned conditions, Facebook users can only change their names once in 60 days. The company can ban you if you use a fake name.
How to change the name on Facebook from your smartphone?
Facebook users can change their name on Facebook from any device whether it’s Android, iOS, or desktop. The steps to change your name are as follows:
- Install Facebook.
- Log in to your account.
- On the bottom right, there is a hamburger menu click on that.
- Open Settings.
- Go to the ‘Personal information’ option and click on Name.
- Now tap on Change.
- Enter your new name.
- Now it will ask for your password.
- Enter the password.
- Click on Save.
That’s it now your friends will be able to see your new name on your profile.
How to change the name on Facebook from the browser?
- Go to Facebook.
- Login your account.
- Click on the drop-down menu in the top right corner.
- Now click on the “Settings and privacy”.
- Now open ‘Settings’.
- Click on the edit option.
- Enter your new name.
- Tap on Review Change.
- Now enter the password.
- Enter the password.
- Tap on Save Changes.
That’s it now your new name will be live on your Facebook profile.
How to use a nickname on Facebook?
Open the Facebook app on your iPhone or Android smartphone.
- For iPhone tap at the bottom-right of the screen for iPhone, and for Android top-right of the screen.
- Tap Settings & Privacy, and then Settings.
- Open Personal and Account Information.
- Now, tap on Name.
- Tap Add a nickname.
- Choose a Name Type whatever you want, enter your name, then tap Save.
That’s it your nickname will be changed on Facebook
ALSO READ: How To Recover Hacked Facebook Account? | (oyprice.com)
Join us on Telegram, Facebook, or Twitter and stay up to date with the latest happenings in the tech industry.
