Posted on 9 December, 2010 By
Kim Woodbridge
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How to Change the Username of a Facebook Profile Page
Last month I wrote about how the name of a Facebook fan page could be changed, if the page had less than 100 fans.
You can also change the username of your Facebook profile.
Here’s how you do it.
- From your profile page, go to Account on the top right.
- Click on Account Settings.
- The Account settings page should default to the Settings tab.
- The second choice is Username. Click the ‘Change’ link on the right side of the screen.
- When you click on change, you will have a field where you can type in the new name and check the availability of the name you want. There is also a message warning you to select carefully as you can only change the profile username once.
I can’t think of too many reason to do this other than typos or divorce but at least it can be done one time.
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December 9, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Always handy to know.
I don’t suppose you know why Facebook have changed the groups do you? I tried to create one yesterday and it is horrible now. All it is now is FB Chat but with more than one of your friends. :(
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December 10, 2010 at 7:26 am
Hi Dean – Didn’t the changes with groups happen a couple of months ago? If they changed again this week, I haven’t been following that.
December 10, 2010 at 6:59 am
I knew this method before but most of the time you don’t find a username on your name which is obvious because Facebook has more than 500 million users and you can’t change it more than 1 time.
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December 10, 2010 at 7:27 am
Hi Asad – That’s very true. Maybe try using periods or hyphens between the first and last name.
December 10, 2010 at 9:23 am
Do you know a way to change the type of a Facebook page?
December 12, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Hi – What do you mean? This is about facebook profiles. What do you want to change?
December 10, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Does that singular time exclude the other username change from numbers which is what your profile is out of the box?
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December 12, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Hi Ari – No, it’s one more after that.
December 11, 2010 at 3:09 am
Thanks for that…I actually didn’t know how that was done..
December 12, 2010 at 4:43 pm
You’re welcome.
December 17, 2010 at 12:08 pm
I have done that.. but I cannot change it anymore..
anyone know the way?
December 21, 2010 at 9:06 am
Can you also suggest , How Can I change my name in profile url
December 21, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Hi Tej – This article explains how to do that. If you want to change the actual name on the profile you need to request that through Facebook.
December 23, 2010 at 9:34 am
I had tried , while creating Faebook profile I missed to place my surname ….. I want to add add my Surname , But Facebook Shows out Automated system had rejected ……..
December 28, 2010 at 2:12 am
i hav changed my username 1 time …. and now their is no link to change username in account settings … can i change it agin ?? plz help ….
December 28, 2010 at 8:34 am
Hi Gary – Is this for the profile page?
April 17, 2011 at 8:06 pm
I am just wondering if I change my user name for pages – will people still be able to find me as Donna & than how do I get them to my fan page will Recycling Goodwill / Helping Hands come up in search? I don’t care about having email with facebook. I just want both my personal & community page to be searchable.
Help please what happens when I change the user page?
April 19, 2011 at 11:42 am
Hi Donna – You will be searchable by whatever the names of the pages are.