If you'd like to change a YouTube channel name on your YouTube account, stay tuned and
watch this short video and I'll show you how.
Hi there, David Walsh here again, from DavidWalshOnLine.com and in this video I'm going to show you how
to change a YouTube channel name on your YouTube account.
YouTube have updated the layout on the channel recently, so, what was working before, is
no longer working now.
So, I've created this updated video to show you how to change a YouTube channel name on
your YouTube account.
So, to make sure that you're not confused by any videos or information out there about
how to change a YouTube channel name, we're going to head over to the computer now and
I'm going to show you how to do it very quickly.
Ok.
So, we're in our channel and if we look up at the top here, we've got YouTube.com/channel/this
long string of letters and numbers and all sorts of things at the top.
So, what we want to do now is get something that's a lot cooler and something that we
can remember and also give out to our friends and people so that they can easily find us
on YouTube.
So, the first thing we need to do is to go up on the top right, click on our name and
go to YouTube 'Settings'.
In there we have the 'Advanced'.
Now, this used to be different before when you had to disconnect Google+ etc, etc. and
then go into 'Advanced', but now it's go straight into 'Advanced'.
So, click on advanced.
And here we can see it's our channel name again.
So, this is the long gobbledegook thing that we saw earlier.
In order to change this, all we need to do is to go to 'Create Custom URL'.
So, this is the box that we've got now and here we can put in the name that we want ourselves.
So, I'm gonna try and see if I can get 'Video Marketing VSEO'.
Ok.
So, if I click on that, it comes up with no errors, that's perfect.
I'll show you what it looks like with an error.
So, if you have a name that someone else has, this is what's gonna come up.
It's going to offer you different suggestions, so you just need to go and find something
that isn't there and then it will click off.
Now, I suggest that if you want to distinguish the name properly, like if it is your name
or something like that, put in capital letters because that's what will appear on your site
and also, in the URL itself.
So, when you're happy with this, click on 'Create Channel URL'.
And now, you can see at the top it says 'Your Channel URL is YouTube.com/user/VideoMarketingVSEO.
So, we have set up our channel now, closed that, save this.
And if we go up to the top again, click on 'My Channel', we can see at the top that I
have the username right there, the name that I've picked for my channel name.
So, there you go, that's how you change a YouTube channel name.
Now, you can go and pick a really cool name, for your YouTube channel so that people can
find you a lot easier on YouTube.
One thing to make sure when you're picking that name is that you pick a name that you
want for a long time, because YouTube don't allow you to change your name once you've
picked it.
You'll have to go and create another channel if you want a different name.
So, make sure to pick a really cool name that you want for a while, to make sure that you
don't have this issue in the future.
If you have a question about this topic or anything on YouTube, just stick it in the
comments below and I'll do what I can to help you.
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from me to help you with your YouTube videos and also your YouTube channel.
I have many videos on YouTube, on this channel, some links are below right here, and also
go to the channel itself and you'll see a lot more tips and tricks that you can use
to help with your YouTube videos and channel itself.
I hope you've enjoyed the video as much as I've enjoyed creating it for you.
My name is David Walsh and I look forward to seeing you on another video very soon.
Let me know what you do to change your YouTube Channel Name.