Click on the pencil icon in front of your nameĬlick on this.

While your name is placed right in the center of this page, you will notice a pencil sort icon to the right side of the name.

When you click on this icon, all the options for setting your account show up here for your display name, number and other details.

Click on the circle icon right next to your display name

Right, where your name is written, that is towards the left side of the screen, click on the icon for your name, which is h- in my case as shown in the image below.

Sign in to your Skype account for which you want the display name to be changed.Changing Your Skype Display Name from the Computer A display name can be changed on Skype as many times as the user wants.

This is what will show as your name if anyone searches for you on Skype. Skype display name on the other hand is your nickname or the name that you want people to see you with. Unless you change your email address and make a new Skype ID with that address. There is a major difference in the Skype display name and Skype username.Ī Skype Username is basically the account with which you have made your Skype account in the first place.

But before that, let me clear one thing out. I will share how I changed my Skype name first from my computer and then from my phone. The method for both is pretty much the same. But how? Let’s learn that through the steps that will guide you on how to change your Skype name from the computer or from your phone. Now that you are mature enough to realize what were you even thinking back then, and now you just want to change your name. And since many of us have made our accounts in the young days, there are chances that you are not happy with the username or the display name. I remember making my Skype account back in my school days, and video chatting with my friends whom I just met in the morning. Skype has been one of the most trending apps for video calling and chat.

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