If you'd like to create a custom URL
for your YouTube channel then stay tuned
to watch this video all the way to the end
as I show you how.
Hi there David Walsh here from DavidWalshOnline.com
the place to grow your business with YouTube.
Now in this video I'm gonna show you
how you change your channel name on your YouTube channel.
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So to change your channel name you need
to go into the bowels of Mr. YouTube
and change the information in there.
Now one thing to note here is
that if you're using a personal channel you'll only be able
to have two words which is typically your fist name
and last name because it is a personal channel.
If you want to have one word or three words or four words
or more of whatever, then you will need
to have a brand account.
And of course I've got a video to help you with that.
The link is in the description below
or also on a card up here.
So to change your channel name let's head on over
to the trusty computer as I show you how.
Okay so here we are on YouTube and if I go up
to the top right to my account here we'll see
that this is a personal channel.
So I've got Joe Banana two names,
Joe and Banana first and last name.
And you can see the email address
that is associated with that.
So if I want to change the name on a personal account
just go down to settings.
Which will bring me to youtube.com/account.
So then we can see here Joe Banana
then it says I can edit on Google.
So click on that.
So you'll see here on a personal account
it is first name surname so I can easily change this
to Joseph Bananas like that.
Then I click okay.
Then everything gets updated across all my Google accounts.
And it says here change your name here
will change it in all Google products.
So whether you're using photos or anything else
to do with Google that will update it there.
Now it can take a couple of minutes to do so.
So you may not see it first time on your YouTube channel.
Now if I go back here and change this.
So I can take one of my brand accounts here.
Let's take JoesMegaBananasOnline
and again if I go to youtube.com/account
the exact same thing, edit on Google.
So here you can see this can be anything I want.
So I could have Joes Mega Bananas Online All Day Long.
And so I can have as many names in there as I want.
And again once I click on okay
this will update my name
across all Google products there as well.
So if I click okay here.
Click and refresh.
There we see my name is changed there.
And if I go to here and click on refresh.
It's updated there as well.
So you see Joes Mega Bananas All Day Long is there.
So that's how you change your channel name
and as I said if you have a personal account
you can only have two words on there,
typically your first name and last name.
And even if you wanted to change it away from names
it does give you some problems with that.
So it might be best to move it over to a brand account
where you can have whatever you want.
Again link for that is in the old description below
and also in the card up there.
And as always if you've got a question
about growing your business using YouTube
let me know in the old comments area below.
And I'll do the best I can to help you with them.
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