With over 50million subscribers, Facebook has become a leading social media in the world where millions of people meet daily to socialize. From personal posting of photos and videos, to text posting, video streaming, video call, live video streaming, advertisements, groups, pages, and lots.
Using Facebook has become a hobby to many individuals and a place to ease loneliness. While some use Facebook for entertainment, others use Facebook for business promotion and connections. No matter the purpose of your subscription in Facebook your satisfaction is 99.9% guaranteed.
While the social life keeps getting more interesting in Facebook, the need to connect with old friends becomes necessary. However, that can only be possible if you are using the right name in your Facebook account. The name your account carries is what will be used to connect with you.
Facebook search box only recognize names based on alphabets arrangements. So if you are using unknown or unfamiliar name or names on your Facebook account, it will become difficult for your friends to link up with you. That is the reason you need to have correct Facebook name that properly identifies you making it easy for old friends to connect with you.
To make your mistakes correctable, Facebook has option that enables you change your account name and even add your famous nickname as well. However, you can only do that once in every sixty days. If you are reading this post for that purpose you are in the right place.
Please note, if you want to do changing of name in your Facebook account, Facebook mandates you to review their Name Standard Policy you can Click HERE to read it.
This post will give you all the steps you need to change your Facebook account name anytime you want. To do that, here are steps you need to follow:
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR FACEBOOK NAME USING A DESKTOP VERSION OF FACEBOOK
If you are accessing Facebook with a computer with the link https://web.facebook.com do the following:
From the account timeline page, click on the top right of Facebook
Select “Setting & Privacy” then select “Settings”
Click on the “Name” in the list of settings
Type your new name in the box space provided
Click on the “Review Change” button on the page
A form will request that you enter your Facebook account password
Once your password has been inserted into the request form you can now click the “Save” beside the form.
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR FACEBOOK NAME USING A MOBILE VERSION OF FACEBOOK
If you are accessing Facebook with a Mobile browser with the link https://mobile.facebook.com do the following:
Move down to the bottom of Facebook and click the “Settings & Privacy” button
List of options will show in the page that opens, click on the “Account Settings”
From the list of options that show in the page that opens, click on the “Personal Information” and select the “Name” option
Type your new name on the space provided and click the “Review Change” button
You will be required to enter your account login password in the next stage. Type your Facebook account login password and click the “Save Changes” button.
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR FACEBOOK NAME USING A MOBILE PHONE VERSION OF FACEBOOK
If you are accessing Facebook with a Mobile Phone version with the link https://m.facebook.com do the following:
Visit m.facebook.com with your mobile device browser
Click on the Menu. It is a collapsible button with three horizontal lines.
Scroll downwards and locate the “Settings” tab. Click on it and then click on “Personal Information” tab in the next list inside the settings
Under the Personal information page, select the “Name” tab and click on it
Then enter your new Facebook name on the space provided and click the “Review Change”
Another section will require that you put your Facebook account login password to save the changes you have made. Type the login password in the space provided and hit the “Save changes” button
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR FACEBOOK NAME USING FACEBOOK Lite APP
If you are accessing Facebook using Facebook Lite App do the following to get your name changed:
Launch the Facebook Lite App and click on the menu button located in the right corner (the menu button has three horizontal lines on it)
Move down to view all the list of items in the menu. Click the “Settings” button
Select the “Personal Information” option from the list in settings page
In the personal information page list, click on the “Edit” button beside the “Name” row
Type your new name and click the “Review Change” button
The option to put your Facebook account login password will show up, enter your password and hit the “Save Changes”
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR FACEBOOK NAME USING FACEBOOK iPAD APP
If you are accessing Facebook using iPad App do the following to get your name changed:
Launch Facebook app in your iPad
Locate the menu button and click on it (the menu button has three horizontal lines on it)
Move down the menu list and select the “Settings and Privacy” button, then hit the “Settings” tab
Click on the “Account Settings”
List of options will show up, select the “Personal Information”
Then hit the “Name” button
Enter your new Facebook name and click the “Review Change” button
Enter your password and click on the”Save Changes” button
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR FACEBOOK NAME USING FACEBOOK iPHONE APP
If you are accessing Facebook using iPhone App do the following to get your name changed:
Launch your Facebook app in your iPhone
Locate the menu button located at the bottom right of the app interface, the menu button has three horizontal line and is collapsible
Move down on the list of items opened in the menu and locate the “Settings & Privacy” button. Click on it and click the “Settings” option
Click on the “Personal Information” button appearing on the “Settings” page list
Then hit the “Name” button from list of item on the “Personal Information” name
Enter your new Facebook name and click on the “Review Change” button
The next section will require your login password for the Facebook account. Enter the password and click “Save Changes”
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR FACEBOOK NAME USING FACEBOOK ANDROID PHONE APP
If you are accessing Facebook using Android Phone App do the following to get your name changed:
Launch the Facebook in your Android phone and click on the menu button. The menu button usually have the usual 3-horizontal lines
Move down to “Settings & Privacy” and click the “Settings” in the list of items that show on the menu
Then navigate to the “Personal Information” button and click the “Name” button
Type your new Facebook name and hit the button with caption “Review Changes” just beneath the name
You will be required to enter your Facebook account login password. Type the password and click on the “Save Changes” button
