How to Change Facebook Page Name? (2020)

October 8, 2020 6:01 pm

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:

1
Open your page.
2
Look for the Page Settings in the bottom left.
3
Open Settings.
4
Find Edit page information in the left column.
5
Click on your page name.
6
Enter a new name.
7
Click Save changes.
8
Review the request.
9
Click Request Change.

Classic Facebook:

1
Open your page.
2
Click About at the left side of the page.
3
Click the Edit next to the page name.
4
Type the new page name.
5
Click Continue.
6
Review the request.
7
Click 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?

One of the most common reasons is Page Role. You don’t have the Page Role that allows you to request a name change.
You or other person having the access has changed the page name within the last seven days.
Your page may have limits.
There will be a rejection of the request if you try changing the name of the regional page if it falls under the global page.

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:

1
Open your page.
2
Find Page Settings at the bottom left of the page.
3
There is a Page Role in the left column.
4
Click the Page Role.
5
You will find your role below your name.

Classic Facebook:

1
Open your page.
2
Find Settings at the top right.
3
Click the Page Role in the left column.
4
Find 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:

1
Open your page from your news feed.
2
Open the page Settings.
3
Find Page Role in the left column.
4
Click the Page Role.
5
Type the name of the person whom you want to give the Page Role.
6
Click Editor.
7
Select a Role from the dropdown menu.
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Click Add option.
9
Confirm by entering your password.
10
The 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:

1
Open your page.
2
Click on page Settings.
3
Open the Page Role in the left column.
4
Click on the Edit option that is beside the person name you want to change the Page Role.
5
Select the new Role from the dropdown menu.
6
Proceed by saving.
7
Enter 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?

May be admins of your page do not have authentic Facebook profiles. As per Facebook Community Standards, creating a second or duplicate profile is not allowed. And if you do so, Facebook considers it as an unauthentic profile. You need to assure all admins of the page use their real name.
The page admin may be violating Facebook regulations. You need to keep in check the admin’s activity on the page, whether they are following the rules or not. If you find any violations, you can change the role of the person or remove from the role.
The page name may be misleading. Try your best to keep the name as relevant as possible. The name should reflect the page content, and your followers should not find it misleading. There might be the possibility that your followers can report your page to Facebook for misleading them.
Your page may consist of misleading content. Page representation needs to be in line with the Community Standards of Facebook. To avail popularity or overnight engagement, any discrepancies with the content of the page will result in posing limits to your page by Facebook.
Your page may be posting content against hate speech policies imposed by Facebook. Facebook stands strong against hateful content. This not only creates intimidation on the page but also invites real-life violence. Any direct attack on ethnicity, religious affiliation, national origin, race, caste, sexual orientation, disease, disability, and gender identity comes under the Hate Speech Policy of Facebook.
Your page may be violating the ad policy of Facebook. The ad policy guides on the content an ad can have. After the repeated violation of this, Facebook will disable your ad account, and the page will be turned down.

How to Change Facebook Page Name Easily 2020

What do you need to avoid during changing the page name?

Abusive terms or phrases.
Don’t use the term ‘Official’ if your page does not fall under official representation of a place, public figure, and brand.
Unusual capitalization or all letters in capitals except acronyms. (For example- tHe coffee Store or THE COFFEE STORE).
Undesired punctuation usage or symbol use.
Slogans or descriptions in the page name. Adding these may lead to rejection of the name change request. However, you can add that in the ‘About’ section of the page.
No changes in the term “Facebook”.

In addition to this, only the use of generic words is not allowed in the page name.

You can’t create a name with generic words and proper nouns only, like ‘Coffee’. You may use ‘The Coffee Corner’.
You can’t name your page with a generic location, (example- ‘London’ or ‘Britain’). You can use the geographic location name along with specific terms as ‘Central Park London’ or ‘Officer’s Colony London’.

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?

Wait to change the name. If you have recently changed the name, you have to wait for the next seven days before trying again. This is one of the most common reasons for the rejection of Request Change.
See for your Page Role. If you do not have the Page Role that allows you to Request Change, you first avail the access and then try.
If your page is running ads, then contacting Facebook ad team can resolve your issue. If there are issues because of ad policies, the team will check those and guide you further.
Check your page content. Bring it in alignment with the Facebook Community Standards.
If you find any page limits for your page, write to Facebook to resolve the same.
Select the page name, keeping all the points as discussed.
Try changing your Facebook page category. If you don't find an edit option for a request change on your page, you can give it a try. Change the category of your page and proceed for Save Changes. This may lead to an Edit option to appear on your page. Now, you can follow the steps for Request Change of your Facebook page name.

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.

When you are changing the page name, you need to give the reason. There are options in the form that you need to fill. For changing the page name, if you select 'the change in the business name' as a reason, you need to present documentation verifying the same. Business cards, logos and website links are not accepted.

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.

Bringing changes in parts can also fix the issue. See an example, if your page name is ‘National Book Corner’, and you want to change it to ‘Book Store For You’. In your first try, change one word, like from National Book Corner to National Book Store. In your next attempt, go for 'Book Store For You'. See how it works for your page, and then make changes. Make sure to give a gap of seven days between two consecutive Request Changes.

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.

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Piyush Kashyap is a Ph.D student at Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sangrur. He is a budding editor/ writer and has been working as a part-time reviewer for online content. He loves to read tech-based articles and has a knack for reviewing such articles He likes to stay updated about the latest trends in technology. He has also been working as a reviewer for many scientific journals. He also writes articles based on science. Know More About Piyush

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