How To Change Your Name On Facebook | 2017

How to Change Your Name on Facebook? Sometimes you need to change your Facebook account name. In Facebook, you can change your profile name as you wish. But you can only change your Name at once in 60 days. So be careful at setting your name on the Facebook profile. Once you changed your name, you have to wait for almost two months(60 days) to set a new one.

Facebook is one of the best social media. Here you can do many things like chat, post, comment or share something. In every activity, your name will also be added to your profile picture. The name carries your identity. Using the name, people can identify you with real life. Your name is the first thing what people will look for. So, the name should be perfect that your friends and other people can identify you at Facebook. Your name is also used when someone searches for your Facebook Account. So, your name is one of the vital elements of your Facebook account.

Before setting your name, you should know the Facebook standard guideline for choosing profile name. Here are some of the important point of that guide line. You can’t use any of those at your Facebook name.

• You can’t use any symbol, number, unnatural capitalization, punctuation and repeating character.
• Different language(letters).
• Title or Surname. (Dr./Eng./Pr.)
• General Words or phrases.
• Any kind of word that is offensive or suggestive.

According to Facebook name guideline, they have stated that you can use the name that you used to know. Put your name that everyone uses to call you. You name could be anything strange or beautiful that doesn’t matter. Facebook will accept your name if don’t use the too strange name.

Change Your Name on Facebook Using Computer

There are several computing devices to browse the internet. Those are Desktop, Laptop, and other devices. However, if you are a computer device user and wants to change your Facebook username then use this method on your computer device.

Step 1: Firstly, open your web browser and go to https://www.Facebook.com/ and just log into your account using Facebook login process.


Step 2: Now you have to click on the upside-down arrow at the top-right side of your Facebook home screen.

Step 3: Then you will get this menu. Click on ‘Settings’.

Step 4: Now click on Name section.

Step 5: Enter your First, Middle, Last name.

Note: you can leave the Middle name box blank if you want.

Step 6: Click Review Changes button.

Step 7: Enter your current Facebook Password and click on Save Changes.

Change Your Name on Facebook Using Mobile Phone

Mobile devices are also one of the most popular smart devices to use Facebook. If you are a smart mobile device, you can also change your current Facebook name just using those simple steps one by one.

Step 1: Open your favorite internet browser. Then go to https://www.Facebook.com/ and log into your account using Facebook mobile login process.

Step 2: Click on the menu option at the top-right side of your screen.

Step 3: Go to the last section of the menu and click on Account Settings.

Step 4: Click General section.

Step 5: Tap on the Name option that is listed at first.

Step 6: Enter your First, Middle, Last name one by one. Then click on Review Changes button.

Step 7: Type your current Facebook account Password. Click Save Changes option and that all.

Can’t Change your Facebook Name?

Please remember those in case to changing your Facebook name,
You can’t change your Name twice in 60 days.
You can’t ask for change your name if you have one name change request pending.
The name shouldn’t be against the Facebook name policy.

If your name is not against Facebook standard name guideline and still can’t set your real name, then you should apply for changing your name in an additional way. First go here. Here you have to prove that, the provided name is real. You can prove that by using your car license, ID card, library card of yours.

Don’t have any Facebook account then open a new one here.