How To Change The Email On My Youtube Channel

YouTube creators tin can more than easily modify their profile proper noun and picture show now, without changing their Google account information.

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YouTube creators are finally getting a highly requested new feature. It'south at present piece of cake to change your YouTube channel name and profile picture show to better reflect your content -- without updating the name and photo associated with your Google business relationship.

The change volition aid keep your YouTube name and content separate from your Google services, such as Gmail and Google Docs. That way if yous need to send an email for schoolhouse or work, your real proper noun will appear, not your YouTube name.

Important note: If yous're verified on YouTube and change your channel name, yous'll lose your verification badge and need to reapply. Merely there will be no impact on your custom URL or Official Channel Music Note if yous alter your proper name.

Here'due south how to change your YouTube channel name and profile picture, without updating your Google account proper noun, on either mobile or desktop.

How to modify your YouTube channel name and profile picture on mobile

i. Open up the YouTube app, and tap your profile picture.

two. Tap Your channel > Edit channel.

3. To alter your proper noun, enter your updated proper name and tap OK.

4. To change your profile motion picture, tap your moving-picture show, and select an existing photo or have a new i. Tap Relieve.

How to change your YouTube channel name and contour picture on desktop

1. Sign into YouTube Studio.

two. To alter your name: From the left menu, select Customization > Bones Info. Click Edit to update your aqueduct name and enter your new name. Click Publish.

iii. To change your profile picture: From the left menu, select Customization > Branding. Click Upload and select an epitome. Conform the size of your picture, and click Done. Click Publish.

For more than, check out our guide on how to become a YouTuber, and the best vlogging cameras of 2021. We've also got guides on how to change your name on Instagram, onGmail and Outlook and on your Windows 10 computer.