Twitter, as well as other social networks like Facebook and Instagram, allow you to easily change your username. In this social network it is known as the at sign, and it is the one that defines the user identifier to be found quickly through the URL or the search engine, since, as such, the username placed on the profile page) when known simply as a "name" or "display name") may be the same as that of many other users, while the at sign (@) is a unique address. Luckily, both one and the other can be modified without great inconvenience.
In this particular case, We explain how to change the Twitter at sign in your account in a matter of a few steps and quite simply. This process does not take much time, it is worth noting.
What is the Twitter at sign
As we explained, the username is different from the display name that is shown in the profile along with it and begins with an at sign (@). This, as detailed by Twitter in its help section, used to log in to your account and can be seen when you send and receive replies and Direct Messages (DMs). An example of a Twitter at sign could be "@movilforum».
If you already have a Twitter username or at sign established and want to change it for another, you must first take into account the following guidelines so that it is accepted and the change is made successfully:
- The username or at sign must be longer than four characters and can be up to 15 characters or less.
- The username or at sign can contain only letters, numbers, and underscores; spaces are not allowed.
- The display name, on the other hand, can have a maximum of 50 characters.
On the other hand, changing the Twitter at sign will not affect the number of followers, let alone your posts, or anything else on your profile, messages or replies. Simple and only said at sign will be changed, without further ado.
This is how you can change the Twitter at sign in your account
On computer
- First of all, log in to Twitter with your account. If you don't have an account, first register; You can do it with a phone number or email through this link.
- Once logged in and on the main Twitter interface, go to the options menu located on the left side of the computer screen and click on the “More” or “More”.
- Afterwards, click on “Settings and privacy” or “Settings and privacy”.
- Then click “Your account” or “Your account”.
- Then tap on “Account information” or “Account information”. Before continuing to this section, you must enter the account password, it is worth noting.
- Now, all that remains is to click on "Username" or "Username" to finally change the Twitter at sign following the above mentioned guidelines. Here it must be emphasized that you cannot choose a username or at sign that is already in use; therefore, a different one must be entered, if this is the case.
- Finally, click on the button «Save» or «Save».
On mobile
In the mobile application, the steps to follow are not very different from those that have to be carried out on the computer. Still, let's go with them:
- First of all, download the Twitter app on your mobile, in case you don't have it. You can do this by following this link, which leads to the Google Play Store for Android.
- Subsequently, you have to login to the app, as long as you already have a Twitter account previously. If not, you must create one, which you can do through the same application.
- The next thing to do is click on the icon that is positioned in the upper left corner of the screen, which is represented by the user's logo; this will cause a menu with different options to be displayed from the left side of the screen.
- Then you have to click on the button "Settings and privacy".
- Now you have to click on "Your account".
- Then you have to click on "Account information".
- Once you are in the “Account information” section, you have to press on "Username".
- It only remains to write a new Twitter at sign to finally click on the button "Clever" which is located in the lower right corner of the screen.
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