{"id":4230,"date":"2022-07-10T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T12:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2022-07-10T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T12:52:08","slug":"how-to-change-your-instagram-username","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-change-your-instagram-username","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Your Instagram Username"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ebe4e3e45f3\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ebe4e3e45f3\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69ebe4e3e45f3\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-change-your-instagram-username\/#How_to_Change_Your_Instagram_Username\" title=\"How to Change Your Instagram Username\">How to Change Your Instagram Username<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-change-your-instagram-username\/#Cant_change_your_instagram_username_if_theres_no_email_associated_with_your_account\" title=\"Can&#8217;t change your instagram username if there&#8217;s no email associated with your account\">Can&#8217;t change your instagram username if there&#8217;s no email associated with your account<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-change-your-instagram-username\/#Changing_your_instagram_username_will_change_your_account_URL\" title=\"Changing your instagram username will change your account URL\">Changing your instagram username will change your account URL<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-change-your-instagram-username\/#Changing_your_instagram_username_will_take_14_days\" title=\"Changing your instagram username will take 14 days\">Changing your instagram username will take 14 days<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-to-change-your-instagram-username\/#Finding_accounts_that_change_their_username\" title=\"Finding accounts that change their username\">Finding accounts that change their username<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Change_Your_Instagram_Username\"><\/span>How to Change Your Instagram Username<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/eVDMbBf.jpg\" alt=\"how to change instagram username\">  <\/p>\n<p>If you are wondering how to change your Instagram username, you have come to the right place. This article will explain how to change your username, and what you need to do in order to make this change. Your new username will be visible when people comment on your posts or share media with you. To start, you must know that you cannot change your username if you don&#8217;t have an email associated with it. Once you&#8217;ve changed your username, it will take 14 days for the changes to take effect.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cant_change_your_instagram_username_if_theres_no_email_associated_with_your_account\"><\/span>Can&#8217;t change your instagram username if there&#8217;s no email associated with your account<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Can&#8217;t change your Instagram username if there&#8217;s no email associated? In this article, we&#8217;ll explain why this is an issue and what you can do about it. If you don&#8217;t have an email associated with your account, you can try to request access from your Instagram admin. You can then follow the steps listed in the email to resolve the issue. Make sure that you&#8217;re using a stable internet connection, too.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve signed into Instagram, you&#8217;ll be prompted to fill out the following information. Unlike Facebook, Instagram will not let you change your username if there isn&#8217;t an email associated with your account. This policy is designed to prevent confusion and users&#8217; accounts from being deleted due to username theft. In most cases, it&#8217;s perfectly acceptable to change your username, but only if you can&#8217;t lose it! If you&#8217;re unsure of whether it&#8217;s safe to do so, consider scheduling a reminder for yourself to check back in 14 days.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Changing_your_instagram_username_will_change_your_account_URL\"><\/span>Changing your instagram username will change your account URL<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Changing your Instagram username is easy, but make sure to be sure you don&#8217;t want to change it again. First of all, the username you choose must be unique. If someone else already has that same username, Instagram will notify you and will not save your changes until you come up with a new and unique one. Remember, though, that you can&#8217;t use symbols in your username; only letters, numbers, underscores, and periods are allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, changing your Instagram username will change your account URL. If a website links to your old account, people will get an error message. The same is true of any other social network profile, such as Twitter and Facebook. To prevent this problem, you should change your username on other websites where your old account is linked. You should also keep in mind that changing your username on Instagram won&#8217;t delete your account or reset your follower count. If your followers are concerned, they can unfollow you.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Changing_your_instagram_username_will_take_14_days\"><\/span>Changing your instagram username will take 14 days<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can change your Instagram username two times in a row without losing your current name. If you want to change your username more than twice in a row, you should do so before 14 days have passed. The reason for this is that many people use fake usernames to appear as other people. It is also a common scam on Instagram, where people pretend to be celebrities and try to trick you into following them.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Instagram instantly released usernames after changing them. However, now, it will lock your old username for 14 days to prevent bots from stealing it. The only good thing about it is that you can go back to your previous username, which means you can revert to the old one if you want to. Changing your Instagram username will take fourteen days, so make sure that you need the new one urgently, or else set up a reminder for the fourteenth day!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Finding_accounts_that_change_their_username\"><\/span>Finding accounts that change their username<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you want to find accounts that change their Instagram username, you have a couple of options. First, you can use the &#8220;Search public Instagram accounts&#8221; option. This will display the former username of the account, along with the date the account was created. You can also filter the list of results by username and make a search to find accounts that have changed their Instagram username within the last three months. This should yield results for any public Instagram accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Another common issue when looking for users is that the username has changed. If you&#8217;re having trouble finding a user, you might have tried a different username or tried a variant. Instagram might have deleted the username, or blocked the account, for some reason. If you don&#8217;t recognize the username, you can try trying other variations. In many cases, you can go back to the previous username, and most Instagram users don&#8217;t even realize their account has been deleted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Change Your Instagram Username If you are wondering how to change your Instagram username, you have come to the right place. This article will explain how to change your username, and what you need to do in order to make this change. 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