How can I Change Youtube account name

Can I change my username but still keep all of my videos and subscribers? IF so, how?

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Rammi replied on June 07, 2008 14:40

Short answer: You can't, well, not in a way I know of, anyway. I signed up ages ago as 'innocentsparkle', but I haven't been able to change it at all, even though I hate my username.

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Orin Zebest replied on July 20, 2008 06:30

Yeah, Youtube gives a somewhat cop-out answer to this question:

"Currently, you cannot change your username— there is simply too much information tied to each account. You may, however, sign up for a new account with the username that you desire."

Of course, this notion is a little suspicious... unless their databases are organized in a very un-futureproof manner. My guess is that they just don't want loads of people changing them all the time, and/or want to keep the permalinks more perma, so they continue to show up in web search results. Those are both decent reasons, but still... I feel your pain.

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Phil Harnish, (Official Rep), commented on August 08, 2008 17:21

There are additional complications now that YouTube accounts can be linked to Google accounts.