Change YouTube channel name: how to rename your channel

For a long time, changing your name on YouTube automatically affected your Google account. Until recently, if you changed your YouTube channel name, your associated Google account was automatically renamed as well. As of 2021, YouTube users can easily rename their YouTube channel without the change affecting their Google account.

In this guide, we’ll show you how the process works in browsers and via the app.

Via the browser

1. Sign into the YouTube website with your user data.
2. Go to your profile picture and select ‘Your channel’.
3. Click ‘Customize channel’.
4. Click on the tab ‘Basic info’.
5. Change your YouTube username (or channel name) using the pencil icon to the right of the name.
6. Optionally, modify the ‘Description’ for your channel.
7. Click ‘Publish’ to apply the changes.

1. Open the YouTube app and tap your profile picture.
2. Click on ‘Your channel’.
3. Select ‘Customize channel’.
4. Rename your YouTube channel and – if desired – your channel description.

Follow our step-by-step guide to change your YouTube account name (or the name of your channel). Whether you’re using a browser (desktop) or the YouTube app, swapping your name takes just a few steps.

Users whose YouTube channels have gathered more than 100,000 subscribers can receive a so-called channel confirmation in the form of a verification hook to enhance their YouTube brand. These users should carefully consider a name change because the verification is lost when the YouTube channel name is changed and must be applied for again.