HOW TO CHANGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL NAME and Why You Need a BRAND Account?
If you would like to change your YouTube channel name or you want to create a custom URL for your YouTube channel then this articles is for you.
But before we move on with this, it's important to understand that there are two types of YouTube accounts:-
1. Personal YouTube channel account.
2. Brand YouTube channel account.
What is a brand account on YouTube? Why brand account is different from Normal Personal Account?
The YouTube brand account is an option that provides your enterprise or Brand a YouTube existence of its own. It's another account from the private one which uses your own business or brand's title, even though it's still obtained via your private YouTube accounts.
Benefits
of a brand account
Why you must have a Brand account and you need to switch from a Personal account to brand account?
As you grow, you can add moderators and administrators to your YouTube channel account without sharing your personal information without sharing your details, that's another good thing so you can have a Virtual Assistant (VA) helping you out with your channel or you know uploading your thumbnails and editing, doing SEO for you or something like that along the lines and without being at risk of losing your account of sharing your account details.
So if you have a personal
YouTube account, but you serious about YouTube about doing business on YouTube,
make sure you swap your personal account to brand account as soon as possible.
Official Doc Link: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2657964?hl=en
How to Change Name of your Youtube Channel?
STEP BY STEP Guide for both Desktop and PC Users on "How to rename your youtube channel", for both Personal and Brand Youtube accounts.
How to Change Youtube Channel Name For Desktop Users (Windows / Mac Users):
STEP 1
Get started we have to click on this top right corner icon that's usually our profile picture on YouTube
STEP 2
And then we have to go to settings.
STEP 3
Once we are in the settings you'll see here where it says, your YouTube channel your channel you can see your name your account picture and then you can edit it on Google. if you click Edit on Google, it will take us to our Google Plus page where you're gonna see you will have your first name last name nickname and display name is this is how it looks like for a personal accounts
STEP 4
And personal accounts can have only two names and let's change name from spirit, you can change it to even “that's my brother” for example and click OK
And then refresh and close this window. let's refresh in here and you'll see your YouTube channel name has changed.
How to Change Youtube Channel Name For Smart Phone Users (ANDROID / iOS):
STEP 1
Open Youtube App or 'm.youtube.com' on internet browser like google chrome. And Click on your channel's logo , top right corner as shown below.
STEP 2
Click on 'Your Channel' option.
STEP 3
Click on 'Gear' icon in front of Your Channel Name.
STEP 4
Now click on Pencile icon in front of your channel name to edit it.
STEP 5
Clear the old one and type new name of your youtube channel and
And now your channel is changed.
Google limits the number of times you can do. If you change your channel name now, you can't change it again for several months. So changing your name here applies in all Google services.
Your channel name must have at least two words. Only if you have a brand account, your channel name can be very long. You can change the channel name just a few times in several months and again.
Check out this video tutorial on How to Change Youtube Channel's Name:
https://youtu.be/PVcc8Y3OLhM?t=57
How Long Does it Take to Change Your Youtube
Name Again
As per google official docks of Youtube Help Centre, A Name can be changed up to 3 times in 90 days. Which means you can change the name of your youtube channel once a month.
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