Did you know that if you change your YouTube channel name, it won't affect your views,
comments, rankings or URL, and you can change it up to three times in 90 days? In this video,
you'll learn how to quickly and easily change your YouTube channel name in 2020, whether
you're on a desktop or phone. Hello, my name is Herman Drost. If you want to grow your
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Here are steps to change your YouTube channel name in 2020. Log into YouTube channel, click
the profile icon top right, click settings, click edit on Google. In my case my Gmail
account is my personal name Herman Drost. If you have a personal YouTube account that
is on your name, you can change your name here. Keep in mind that if you have a personal
account, you can only use two words, like your first name and last name, but if you
have a brand new account, you can use multiple words for your channel name. Click the link
and a card to discover the pros and cons of a personal account versus a brand account.
In my case, I have a brand on YouTube channel. I'm going to cancel this, click my profile
icon and select my brand account that's under my Gmail address. Here it is, click on site
bill, click the pencil icon says change your name here. Will change it and all Google products.
I'm going to change it here to Drost video. Click okay, click the profile icon again,
click on all your brand accounts and here you can see I've got Drust video as my brand
account. Check it out. Now you can see the name my YouTube channel has been changed from
eyesight build to Drost video. If you want to use a name or photo on YouTube
that's different to your Google account, connect your YouTube account to a brand account. You
can do this to support your business or brand identity on YouTube without showing the personal
connection to your Google account. If I go to my advanced settings, which is
at youtube.com/account_advanced, says the Drost video is the default channel for this
account. It says also that I'm eligible for a custom URL so I can claim it here. Close
a move channel to YouTube account or a different brand account. If I want to changes description
on my channel, just go to YouTube studio beta, click on settings, click on channel and I
can change the keywords here. If I click advanced settings, I can link my Google AdWords account,
I can display the number of people subscribe to my channel, I can disable interest based
ads. If I click upload defaults, then I can set defaults for my channel. Every time I
upload a new YouTube video, these settings will be there. I can add a description and
also you can check visibility here. If I click community, I can set up advanced filters such
as moderators, and approved uses, paste the channel or your URL of user to add as a hidden
user. I can add block words and I can also block links. I'm going to check that, click
save. If I click on defaults, I can allow or comments
or hold potentially inappropriate chat messages for review, click other settings and go to
advanced channel settings, I can select my channel keywords linked to an AdWords account,
associated website with my YouTube account, channel recommendations allow my channel to
appear on other channels recommendations, subscribe accounts displayed normal people,
subscribe to my channel and click save. Here are the steps to change your YouTube
channel name on the iPhone or iPad. Tap the YouTube app, tap the channel icon at the top
right, tap your channel, tap the gear icon, tap the pencil icon, enter the new name of
your channel then tap the checkmark to save your name. Just keep in mind that only three
name changes are allowed every 90 days. Let me ask you a question. How did you decide
on your current YouTube channel name? Post your answer on the comments below. I'd love
to read them and I'm sure others would too. Here are some important things to keep in
mind. Number one, you can't change your channel name more than three times in 90 days. Number
two, you can use a different name for your YouTube account then your Google account.
Number three if your channel is eligible, you can claim a custom URL for you to channel.
Number four, consider changing your personal account to a brand account. Number five, associate
your website with YouTube channel. To do this you need to be a member the YouTube Partner
Program and have 4000 watch hours and 1000 subscribers in the past 12 months.
How do you come up with a unique YouTube channel name? I'm glad you asked. Just watch our next
video on how you can come up with a unique name for your YouTube channel. Thanks for
watching, and we'll see you in the next video.