When you change your username on any of these social networks, your URL automatically changes.

For example, Facebook started notifying users that they could change their profile URLs years after it launched.

Look at the URLs of your Facebook profile, Facebook pages, YouTube channel, and LinkedIn profile.

Facebook Settings & Privacy selected in menu

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you’ve got the option to also visitfacebook.com/usernameand clickEdit Usernameto change it.

Sign in to your Facebook account and smack the smalldownward arrowicon in the upper-right corner.

Facebook Settings selected in the Settings & Privacy menu

ChooseSettings & Privacyin the menu that drops down.

In theGeneraltab, chooseEditin theUsernamesection.

Enter a new username in the field provided and selectSave Changes.

Facebook General Account Settings

Your URL displays as facebook.com/[username].

put in your password to confirm the change.

Sign in to Facebook and choosePagesin the left sidebar.

Facebook General Account Settings with Username highlighted

snag the page you want to change.

Scroll down in theManage Pagesidebar to theEdit Page Infotab and select it.

Change the name of the page in the Username field.

Pages selected in the Facebook sidebar

The page URL becomes www.facebook.com/[Username].

Sign in to YouTube and select yourprofile photoin the upper-right corner.

ChooseYouTube Studioin the menu.

Facebook Pages list with one page selected

Scroll down in the sidebar and selectCustomization.

If you have a customized URL for your channel, you don’t have an option to change it.

If you don’t have a customized URL, selectSet a custom URL for your channelunderChannel URL.

Manage Page sidebar with Edit Page Info selected

View your custom URL and add extra letters or numbers to customize it.

However, YouTube allows you to remove the custom URL and claim a new one.

Sign in to Linkedin.

Facebook Edit Page Info screen

Select yourprofile imageor the arrow next toMein the upper-right corner of the screen.

ChooseView Profilefrom the menu.

SelectEdit public profile & URL.

YouTube Studio selected in drop-down menu

In theEdit your custom URLsection, choose thepencilnext to your current LinkedIn URL.

slide in your new username in the field provided and clickSave.

Your new LinkIn URL is www.linkedin.com/in/[username].

YouTube Channel sidebar with Customization selected

pop crack open the Snapchat app and tap your avatar in the upper-left corner.

SelectMorein theShare My Snapcodesection to see all the ways you might send your Snapcode.

Snapchat automatically pastes the link to your username in your message.

Basic info of YouTube Channel

Enter the recipient’s address or contact information and send.

Edit your custom URL field in LinkedIn

Edit your custom URL section in LinkedIn

Snapchat app showing path to share snapcode

Text message with a Snapcode