How to Change the Name of Your Facebook Page
On Facebook Pages, which is news and information for the admins of Facebook fan pages, I see the same questions asked over and over and over. And many of these questions can be answered by doing a quick search on Facebook.
The most frequently asked question is “how can I change the name of my fan page?”
Well, here’s the answer.
You Can’t Change the Name of Your Facebook Page
That’s right. Unfortunately, it can’t be done, even if have a typo. If you want to change the name of your page, you have create a new page.
Yep. You need to delete the page and make a brand new one.
Hopefully, Facebook will change this in the future and allow us to edit the name of our fan pages but until that time be very careful when naming the page, triple-check for typos, and carefully consider what you want to call it.
photo credit: David Reece
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February 1, 2010 at 1:17 am
Yup, sadly we can’t edit or at least have a chance to correct typos. Maybe it’s FB way of saying ‘take this seriously for we’re not going to clean up your mess’. :P Hopefully there’ll be a day, when errors can be adjusted. Everyone deserves a second chance, doesn’t it? ^^
Glad to be your first commenter on 1st Feb, 2010! Can you believe time flies?
@wchingya
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February 1, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Hi Ching Ya – I can’t believe it’s February either :-)
I think they should allow us to edit the title – I don’t think it would be hard to implement the feature. Although I can see people changing their titles around to try to get more traffic or work the system in some way.
February 1, 2010 at 5:42 am
Hi Kim, this information is very timely for me. I decided that I would create a fan page this week so I’ll make sure to create in properly.
Thanks.
@Ileane
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February 1, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Hi Ileane – That’s great! There are a lot of things I wish I had known before I got started :-)
There are other Facebook articles on this site that might help you under the Facebook category.
February 1, 2010 at 11:02 am
Interesting bait you got there, luring folks like me who already knew the answer and wondering if you had a different one. ;)
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February 1, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Hi Ari – Yeah, it’s my snark post of the month or maybe week. I see this question over and over and I think people need to realize that it just can’t be done – at least for now.
February 1, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Fortunately, I researched that before I settled on my company name but there are days when I wish I had researched the company name before I named it… :-) Thanks for the “surprise” answer.
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February 1, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Hi Julie – Not much a surprise really – more of a smart aleck response ;-)
I wish I had added more info to the title of my facebook page for search results. But, at least I spelled it correctly ;-)
February 18, 2010 at 9:46 pm
I think that is one of the stupidest things that FB has done, although some others do come to mind quickly. But to make you delete the whole thing and start over is totally ridiculous.
I totally feel you on spelling, I did another page for my other company and caught the spelling too late, I already had 40 fans, luckily they all moved over. LOL
February 19, 2010 at 9:17 am
Hi Carol – Good think you noticed before you had too many fans.
I really think Facebook needs to address the fan page issues – simple changes that need to be made. I would even be willing to pay a fee to have the features and ads removed.