YouTube username is the name that displays on your channel and on the videos you post and usually displays on right top of your home page. Once chosen, your username cannot be changed usually but there is a simple trick. To get a totally new username, you'd have to create a brand new account. However, if you signed up for YouTube through your Google+ account, you may switch from your Google identity to a YouTube username. The following instructions outline both of these actions.
If you have signed up for YouTube through Gmail or Google plus account then it is more complex to change your channel name.
If you want to change your user name then just follow these following steps:
If you want to change your Channel name to your name like “Mike John” then just click on change username at google plus account.
But if you want to change into something other then a name of human being like “mytechpromo” then just follow these simple steps to change youtube user name or channel name easily.
- Login to YouTube
- Now Go to right hand side of and click on arrow and click YouTube setting or go to http://www.youtube.com/account_advanced
- Click on create custom url
- Now change your custom url to the name which you want to select let us say “confirmedhacks”
- After that a new option will be shown in your account setting at http://www.youtube.com/account
- Which will show you "revert your profile from Google plus to “confirmedhacks” which is your channel new name".Just click it.
How to change youtube user name/channel name