How to Change Facebook Profile URL

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Have you been wondering whether it’s possible to change Facebook profile URL?

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I struggled to find the best solution on how to change my Facebook profile URL on the web and decided to try it out myself.

Most solutions on the web were restricted on how to change Facebook page URL which I didn’t really want to do.

Good News …

I was able to find this solution after a few hours of struggle and research. I don’t intend the same for you.

This article is going to show you how exactly to change a Facebook profile URL on both Android and other mobiles without a lot of hustle.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re using a Facebook desktop or Facebook mobile app for both iOS and Android.

No matter your device we shall be able to change the Facebook profile URL in just a few simple steps.

Enough of this talk let’s get our hands dirty.

Contents

Step By Step Guide on how to change Facebook Profile URL.

Method 1: Change Facebook Profile URL Mobile ( Android or iOS )

In this method, we shall see how you can change your Facebook profile URL using an Android or iPhone device.

You don’t necessarily need a PC to change your Facebook profile URL, however, if you do have one, you can check out my next method below (how to change your Facebook Profile URL with Desktop).

Step 1: Open Facebook Messager URL.

So you may be wondering what if I don’t have Facebook messager installed on my android or iOS device, I recommend you get Facebook messager since things will be a little easier.

  1. On your mobile device navigate to a home screen and tap the Facebook Messenger icon.
Open Facebook messenger

2. Under Facebook Messenger, Go to your Facebook profile icon and tap it. You can find this on the extreme right corner of your Messenger App. Normally it is represented in form of your profile picture.

tap facebook profile messager

3. Next, scroll down at the bottom of your Facebook Messenger profile and tap Username.

4. It’s at this point, you can decide to change your Facebook profile URL. Simply click Edit username from the screen that pops up. The username has to be unique. As such you can’t have a similar Facebook URL or username with someone else on Facebook. You may want to add something to your own name to make this unique – if your name is Daniel Kolod and it’s already been used, you can add your middle name or a nickname to make it stand out more.

edit facebook profile url

5. You can now enter your preferred Facebook username. A few things to note here. 1. Your Facebook profile username makes part of your Facebook URL i.e www.facebook.com/martintumusiim. 2. The username has to be unique. As such you can’t have a similar Facebook URL or username with someone else on Facebook.

6. After adding the preferred username of your choice, navigate to the top and tap the white tick to confirm the changed Facebook profile URL.

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Congs, you have finally changed your Facebook profile URL. However, there are a few points you need to note.

  1. You may not instantly see the new URL change on Messenger in such a case simply navigate to your previous  Facebook profile URL using any available browser. If you receive an error message then be assured that Facebook profile URL has changed.
  2. You can only change to available usernames, in other words, the URL you’re looking for has to be available.

If you don’t have a messenger application or you’re using a desktop facebook application, simply follow the procedures in the next method.

Method 2: Change Facebook Profile URL on Desktop

This process may work only for those using Facebook for Desktop, so regardless of whether you’re trying to access the desktop version on mobile, you may find the previous method the right one for you.

  1. Open your Desktop Computer or Laptop and navigate to Chrome or any browser of your choice.

2. Enter Facebook URL and log in with your Facebook account credentials if you hadn’t initially logged in.

3. In your Facebook Home, Click the Menu icon as shown below and select Settings Option (it’s just at the bottom of the Menu drop-down)

select settings

4. Under Settings, in the left sidebar, click General, and a similar page like that below will show up.

General Facebook settings

5. Under General Account Settings, click Edit beside username and a small box will open up at the bottom as shown below.

change facebook profile url

6. Enter Username or Facebook profile URL in the text box shown and then click Save Changes.

Important to Note.

  1. Username not available means that you can’t claim that Facebook profile URL since it’s being used by someone else. Facebook username has to be unique for each and every user.
  2. The name you provide for Facebook username will be used as part of your Facebook profile URL i.e www.facebook.com/martin.tumusiime
  3. You can add symbols and hyphens in your Facebook profile URL.

How to change Facebook Page URL.

In this section, I shall work you through my step-by-step process of how to change the Facebook Page URL in just a few steps.

  1. Open your Facebook account and Tap Menu icon, Select the page from favorites.
select Facebook page

2. In the left sidebar under the Facebook page, Click the About Option and Go to General Subsection as shown below.

3. Click Edit next to Username Field and enter your favorite or business username in the window that pops out.

change Facebook page url

4. Finally, Click Create Username and wait for a few minutes as Facebook creates your new Facebook Page URL.

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