How To Create A Spotify Username

If you are a music lover, you're probably familiar with Spotify. It gives you access to music from all over the world and has an intelligent algorithm that uses your recently played tracks to make similar recommendations. However, there's a minor drawback. Despite the flexible algorithm, users still can't figure out how to change their Spotify username.

How to Change Your Spotify Username

In this article we will review how to change your Spotify username using any of the following methods:

Method 1: Connect Spotify with Facebook

On Desktop
On Mobile (Android and iOS)
Signing up with Facebook (1st Time)

Method 2: Change your Display Name

On Desktop
On Mobile ( Android and iOS)

Spotify is the second-most popular audio streaming app after Apple music and has over 345 million monthly users, including 150 million paid subscribers, each with a different username. By default, Spotify generates a combination of letters and numbers to assign usernames that users can change later. However, changing usernames in Spotify is not that simple because there are two types of identifications, namely your 'Username' and 'Display name.'

A permanent username identifies you on Spotify and lets you log into your account. In contrast, the display name is the one that shows on your profile, app and playlists when other people view your profile. It acts as a replacement for the username on your public profile. You cannot use your display name to log in to Spotify, but you can change it easily.

Though a username is permanent, there are still some workarounds to alter it. This article will explain in detail how you can change your Spotify username across different platforms.

Method One: Connect Spotify with Facebook

When you connect your Spotify account to Facebook, your Facebook name replaces your current username. You can either connect an existing Spotify account with a Facebook account or directly sign up on Spotify using Facebook. Here's how:

Connecting Existing Accounts with Facebook

On Desktop

Open the Spotify app, go to the top right corner and click on the drop-down arrow next to your profile picture and name.
Select settings from the drop-down menu.
Under the 'Social' setting, click on connect to Facebook.
Enter your login details and click on 'Log In'.
After logging in, your username will change to your Facebook name.

On Mobile (Android and iOS)

Open the Spotify app on your mobile device and click on the "Home" icon.
Go to the top right corner and click on the settings icon.
Inside the Social tab, click on 'Connect to Facebook.
Enter your login details and click on 'Log in'.
After logging in, your username will change to your Facebook name.

Signing up with Facebook

Go to Spotify's website and click on 'Sign up.' A signup page will open with a button labeled 'Sign up with Facebook' on top.
Click on the 'Sign up with Facebook' button.
Enter the credentials for your Facebook account and log in.
A new account will be created that matches your Facebook name.

Method Two: Change your Display Name

The display name is what other people see when they visit your profile or playlists. Unlike the username, it is easy to change.

On Desktop

Open the Spotify app on your desktop. At the top right corner, click on the drop-down arrow beside your profile picture and name.
From here, select "Profile."
After this, your profile page is displayed, where your display name is written in bold at the top. Click on this display name to change it.
Enter the desired name and click on the 'Save' button to make the changes.

On Mobile (iOS and Android)

Open the Spotify app on your mobile and click on the 'Home' icon.
Go to the top right corner and click on the settings icon.
In settings, click on the 'View profile' button, which is right below your profile picture and your display name.
Click on the 'Edit Profile' button. On the next screen, you will see the option to change your profile picture and display name.
Click on the display name to change it.
Enter a new display name and click on the 'Save' button at the top right corner to finalize the changes.

If none of the above options work, you can create a new Spotify account with your desired username and request a data transfer to the new account. However, you will have to close your existing account and cancel your subscription if you have any.

Closing your account will lead to the loss of your playlists, music libraries and followers. Contact Spotify's customer support team to transfer all this data to the new account within seven days of closing the old one.

Conclusion

Your username represents you on Spotify. Therefore, you should be able to control how it looks and reads! With the above steps, you will know how to change your Spotify username to whatever you want in just a few minutes.

Do you know any other ways of changing a Spotify username? Let us know in the comments!