Edited By Piyush Kashyap, Reviewed By Gulshan
A Facebook page is one of the prime social media pages. A Facebook page helps create business awareness, posting important announcements, regular updates, and connecting with people.
Changing the name of your Facebook page is about modifying your social media recognition. So, you should do this with proper information. Frequent change in the name can land your page in trouble.
You have to go as per the Facebook rulebook to change the page name. Here, we will get to know how to do it, and what details you need to understand before proceeding for the name change.
Steps to change the Facebook page name:
The steps to change page name has a slight difference in classic and new Facebook.

New Facebook:
- 1Open your page.
- 2Look for the Page Settings in the bottom left.
- 3Open Settings.
- 4Find Edit page information in the left column.
- 5Click on your page name.
- 6Enter a new name.
- 7Click Save changes.
- 8Review the request.
- 9Click Request Change.
Classic Facebook:
- 1Open your page.
- 2Click About at the left side of the page.
- 3Click the Edit next to the page name.
- 4Type the new page name.
- 5Click Continue.
- 6Review the request.
- 7Click Request Change.
After you are done with the steps, you will see an auto-generated message from Facebook- 'Our team will review the approval request, and it can take up to three days'. So, you need to wait until then. In most of the cases, if your request complies with the Facebook rules, approval will be earlier than three days.
Note: You need to review the name with attention. Once you save the request, it submits to Facebook for the approval. You cannot undo it further.
After following the steps as mentioned, if you still face troubles changing the Facebook page name, there may be some issues with your page. You have to resolve the issues present and then proceed.
Why are you not able to change the name?
Who can change the name of a Facebook page?
Only an admin can change the page name. When you open your page, you will find the Page Role against your name. If you are an admin, then that allows you to proceed with the request. Anyone else from the moderator, editor, analyst, and advertiser doesn’t have access for the same.
How to see your Page Role?
There is a little difference between the page settings in new and classic Facebook. We will see the steps in both cases.
New Facebook:
- 1Open your page.
- 2Find Page Settings at the bottom left of the page.
- 3There is a Page Role in the left column.
- 4Click the Page Role.
- 5You will find your role below your name.
Classic Facebook:
- 1Open your page.
- 2Find Settings at the top right.
- 3Click the Page Role in the left column.
- 4Find the Page Role below your name.
Check whether you are an admin or not. If not, then you need to fix it before requesting a name change.
How to manage Page Roles?
If you are not an admin and want to change the page name, you have to ask the person who is an admin of the page to change your role. In both New Facebook and Classic Facebook, steps are the same. The only difference lies in the Settings option on the page.
In the new one, it is at the bottom left of the page. In the classic one, it is at the top right.
Giving someone a role:
- 1Open your page from your news feed.
- 2Open the page Settings.
- 3Find Page Role in the left column.
- 4Click the Page Role.
- 5Type the name of the person whom you want to give the Page Role.
- 6Click Editor.
- 7Select a Role from the dropdown menu.
- 8Click Add option.
- 9Confirm by entering your password.
- 10The person will get the Page Role.
Note: If the person you are adding is not in your friend list, then s/he needs to accept your invitation to start using the Page Role. If a person who already has some Page Role other than the admin role, then new addition is not required. The admin needs to change the role.
Changing a Page Role:
- 1Open your page.
- 2Click on page Settings.
- 3Open the Page Role in the left column.
- 4Click on the Edit option that is beside the person name you want to change the Page Role.
- 5Select the new Role from the dropdown menu.
- 6Proceed by saving.
- 7Enter your password to confirm the change request.
Note: For a new admin, s/he needs to wait for seven days to change or add a Page Role.
What does page limits mean for a Facebook page?
How to Change Facebook Page Name Easily 2020
What do you need to avoid during changing the page name?
In addition to this, only the use of generic words is not allowed in the page name.
What is the character limit for a Facebook page name?
There is a limit of 75 characters to create your page name. It is plenty for creating a name. It is advisable to keep the name short, relevant and easy to remember.
How much time will it take for the approval of your request?
Once you save the change and click the Request Change, an auto-generated message prompts up. The prompt message suggests that the review will take up to three days for the request approval. According to the feedback, it takes less time than this in general.
How frequent can one go for the name change?
One can request a name change after seven days of the last request. Once you have requested a name change, it will get approval from Facebook authorities. From the date of approval, you have to wait for the next seven days to request a new name.
Also, if you are asking for frequent name changes, the possibility is if Facebook identifies your page as spam, then the page could be turned down. You need to be careful about this.
What changes and what remains the same after requesting a name change?
The Request Change will bring changes in page name only. The page URL (web address or username) will remain the same. Facebook generates the page URL at the time when you first create your page.
If you request for the name change in future, there will be no changes in the URL. However, you can change it if you want to. For this, you have to follow Facebook guidelines.
How to fix it, if you are facing trouble with the name change?
Note: If you have a verified Facebook page, changing the category may lead you to lose the verification. Keep that in mind before attempting this option.
There is an option as ‘Other’, you can select this. Then you can explain your reason in the text section. The good reasons can be one of these - need to correct the spelling of the page name or to match the page name best to the website or the business name. As per feedback, these reasons get easy approvals.
You need the approval from the team to change your Facebook page name. It is better to have the proper information to avoid declination of the Request Change.
If you go with a random try, it will not only cause rejection of the request; you have to wait for the next seven days for raising the new Request Change. Hope, this article will help you in getting easy and quick approval of the name change of your Facebook page.