Change your YouTube channel name & profile picture

When you lot create a aqueduct on YouTube, you can cull a channel name and profile motion-picture show for YouTube that's different from your Google Business relationship. Your YouTube aqueduct name and picture will exist your public identity on YouTube and all publicly attributable actions will display your YouTube channel name and contour picture, for case, in comments and on your aqueduct page.

Your YouTube channel name and profile picture are not the same as your Google Business relationship name and flick. All of your YouTube aqueduct Proper name activeness volition still be stored with your Google Account and used in accordance with our privacy policy. Your Google Account is always your primary account; the YouTube proper noun is only your public persona on YouTube.

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

Keep in listen…

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

Alter your channel proper noun

Warning: Changing your proper noun will remove your verification badge.

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  1. In the mobile app, tap your profile moving-picture show Profile.
  2. Tap Your Channel.
  3. Tap Edit Aqueduct Edit.
  4. Enter your updated proper noun and tap OK.

Change your profile picture

  1. Tap your contour moving picture Profile.
  2. Tap Your Aqueduct.
  3. Tap EDIT CHANNE50.
  4. Tap on your avatar.
  5. Take or choose a new contour picture, then drag your profile moving picture to the middle of the square.
  6. Tap Save every bit contour movie.

Profile picture guidelines

Your profile flick must follow our Community Guidelines and meet the post-obit 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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