Alter your YouTube channel name & profile picture

When you create a channel on YouTube, you lot can choose a channel name and profile motion-picture show for YouTube that's different from your Google Account. Your YouTube channel proper name and moving-picture show will be your public identity on YouTube and all publicly attributable deportment volition brandish your YouTube channel proper noun and profile picture, for example, in comments and on your aqueduct folio.

Your YouTube channel name and profile movie are not the same equally your Google Account name and picture. All of your YouTube channel Name activity will still be stored with your Google Account and used in accordance with our privacy policy. Your Google Account is always your main account; the YouTube proper noun is only your public persona on YouTube.

How to Update Your YouTube Channel Name & Profile Picture (Without Updating Google Account Info)

Keep in mind…

  • Our Customs Guidelines utilise to all types of content on YouTube, including your channel name. If you come across a channel name that y'all believe violates YouTube'south policies, yous can written report it by post-obit these steps.
  • If yous've translated your channel name with channel translations, you'll need to update the translations with your new name.
  • If you lot change your YouTube aqueduct name and picture, it will only be visible on YouTube. Yous can make changes to your Google account name and picture show hither (with no changes made to your YouTube channel name).

Change your channel proper noun

Warning: Changing your name will remove your verification badge.

Learn more

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  1. In the mobile app, tap your profile film Profile.
  2. Tap Your Channel.
  3. Tap Edit Aqueduct Edit.
  4. Enter your updated proper name and tap OK.

Modify your profile picture

  1. Tap your profile picture Profile.
  2. Tap Your Aqueduct.
  3. Tap EDIT CHANNEL.
  4. Tap on your avatar.
  5. Accept or choose a new profile moving-picture show, and then drag your profile picture to the center of the foursquare.
  6. Tap Save as profile picture.

Profile picture guidelines

Your profile picture must follow our Community Guidelines and meet the following criteria:

  • JPG, GIF, BMP, or PNG file (no animated GIFs)
  • Minimum size: 98 X 98 px
  • Maximum file size: 4 MB

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