YouTube has manyfold increased its presence amongst users all over the world. As a result of this, every now and then, someone wants to create his/her account for monetizing purposes. If you have created an account here on YouTube and now want to change its Channel Name or custom URL, it’s all possible now.
It is mandatory for all users who have recently created a YouTube Channel to set up a new and custom URL. If you have failed to do so in the early stages, let’s learn how to perform this task now –
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1. Change the YouTube Channel Name
Creating a YouTube Channel has become a child thing these days. Very often, one creates a channel, and s/he does not put considerable time into searching for a name that displays the channel genre.
Later, when one realizes, s/he simply wants to put an effective name to her/his YouTube Channel account. Follow these steps on how to change your YouTube Channel Name –
- Open YouTube first on your default web browser.
- Click on your display picture, and select YouTube Studio.
- If you’re already signed in, select Customization from the left pane.
- Otherwise, sign into your YouTube account next, and then re-follow the last step.
- On the succeeding screen, you will find the option to change both your channel name and handle.
- You may change either of the following i.e. Channel Name and Custom URL (Handle).
- Lastly, click on the Publish button so that the recent changes come into effect.
That’s it, you successfully learn how to change the Channel Name on your YouTube account.
2. Changing YouTube Channel URL
Assuming you did successfully change your YouTube Channel Name, now if you would like to set up a custom URL, you may certainly do so by following these steps –
- Open Chrome, and launch YouTube on it.
- Click on your profile picture, and select YouTube Studio.
- Go to Customization from the left pane, and head over to the Basic info tab on the right side.
- Here, you will find the option to change both your channel name and Handle.
- Click the box underneath Handle, and type your unique channel name.
Note: Your handle name must remain unique and not in use before. Else, the current settings won’t be saved.
- You may use any letter and number to generate your own handle name.
- After you are done, make sure to hit the Publish button.
That’s it, you have successfully changed your channel URL. Keep in mind that you may next change this name after a span of 14 days, and not before.
3. Changing your Profile Picture on YouTube
Very similar to what we have observed in changing the Channel name, and custom URL, it’s also easy to change your profile picture on YouTube. Here’s how you may perform this task –
- First of all, open your default web browser, and launch YouTube.
- Click on your profile icon and select YouTube Studio.
- Locate and click on Customization available on the left navigation.
- Navigate to the right pane, and select the Branding tab.
- Under Picture, you will find an option to either change or remove your profile picture.
- After you click on this Change button, make sure to upload a new photo as per your own liking.
- Press the Enter key and the recent changes will be saved to your YouTube account.
- In the end, click the Publish button.
Refresh the YouTube page and you will find the new image appearing in your display picture.
Why can’t I set a custom URL on YouTube?
It’s quite simple and easy to set or change a custom URL on YouTube. However, if you are not able to do so, this must be due to some lacking requirements.
YouTube allows only those users setting up their custom URLs who have exceeded the 100 subscribers benchmark. If you have not yet acquired this much of subscribers on your channel, wait for some more time, and keep working on your content. As soon as you exceed this mark, you will be able to set up a custom URL to your YouTube account.
Does changing your YouTube Name change your Google Name?
Google offers you both options i.e. option to keep your name intact on both YouTube and Google, or keep different names on both platforms. So, it’s up to you how you prefer to address yourself on either of these platforms.
