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How to customize username on YouTube

The platform will make the changes later this year.

Youtube began to implement the possibility for users to change their names, which could also replace the channel name to have a better reference on the platform, since this nickname will be unique in the world.

The idea with this modification is that it is much easier for content creators to be found. This change will appear at the top of the Shorts and also in the URL of each profile.

To make this change there will be no restriction or limitation on the number of subscribers, something that does happen when someone wants to change their specific URL.

How to do the name change on YouTube

The first thing to note is that the platform is just taking this to the whole world, so it is not available in all countries for now. In addition, at the moment it can only be reserved and the change will be reflected until the end of this year.

Another important point is that to make the modification an email must arrive warning of this novelty or a notification must appear on YouTube Studio which leads to the section.

If either of these two things happened, the option will be enabled through the ‘Choose an identifier’ button, which will be located at the top. Clicking there will take you to the user creation section to find information on where that new name will be used and how the channel name will differ.

This change will make it so that people can tell your channel username apart from their name.
This change will make it so that people can tell your channel username apart from their name.

To make the change, you will have to go to the text box where the nickname created by the application appears and you will only have to delete it to write a new one. The limit is 30 characters, giving the option to add numbers, hyphens or periods.

Of course, it will be necessary to take into account that if the name already exists, it cannot be generated and another must be considered. When it is ready, the page will indicate it with a green icon.

This is important because the platform generates the username depending on what the channel is called, which is not beneficial for some content creators and even for normal users who want to have that difference.

The change will be noticeable in several parts of the application: in the Shorts, when performing a search, in the comments and mentions and in the link of the channel of Youtube.

The platform makes this change so that people differentiate the user from the channel with ease.
The platform makes this change so that people differentiate the user from the channel with ease.

How to view comment history on YouTube

Unfortunately, this list of comments cannot be accessed through the YouTube mobile application, so it will be necessary to access it through the preferred browser.

To review this information, you have to press the icon with the three horizontal stripes that is located in the upper left part of the start of YouTube, in the computer version. Then click on the ‘History’ option.

Once the user enters, it is necessary to scroll to the right, because it is worth remembering that you are in the desktop version, and it does not adapt to the phone screen.

There you will see several options about the history, and at the bottom you have the section called ‘Comments’. All that remains is to access it and all the comments that the user has made on the platform will appear in chronological order, whether in their own videos or those of third parties.

After entering the history, many users will notice that some of these might be missing, wondering why. Youtube has deleted them.

This can happen because Youtube It has a spam control system that acts automatically, detecting comments as offensive. If the same response is repeated a lot in several videos in a few minutes, it is likely that this comment will be hidden by the platform, just as if other users mark it as spam when reading them.

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