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Names tin say a lot virtually who you are. Perchance you primarily play first-person shooters, only y'all also moonlight as a roleplayer and want a different proper noun for that. Peradventure you just don't like your electric current Steam name. Either style, Valve makes it like shooting fish in a barrel to change your username.

You tin can change your username through the Steam application on your desktop or phone, or through the website.

Steam Desktop App

Changing your username through the desktop application is pretty straightforward. Click on your username, then click "Profile."

The profile page displays a bunch of data related to your account. Click "Edit Profile," found on the correct hand side of the page.

Scroll downwards until you run into the "General" department. Blazon the username you want, and if you want a custom URL that matches your username, enter that every bit well.

Type in your profile name.

Scroll to the bottom and click the large "Save" button.

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Steam Phone App

The Steam phone app opens to your friends listing by default. Tap the three horizontal bars in the superlative left corner to admission the contour page.

Then, tap your contour pic or your name at the height.

Tap your name or your profile picture,

Tap "Edit Contour."

Tap "Edit Profile."

So enter whatsoever username you want in the box. You can as well fill out the optional custom URL proper noun if you want one.

Type your name in the box.

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Steam Website

You tin as well change your username through the Steam website.

Log in to Steam, then click on your profile picture in the top right corner. Alternatively, you can click your name and then click "Contour" in the driblet-downwardly menu.

Click "Edit Profile" on the right-mitt side of the window.

Y'all'll run across a department titled "Full general" most midway down the folio. Enter your new username in the box. You tin also set a custom URL to your profile here, if you lot want.

Enter your new username.

Scroll to the bottom of the page, then click the "Save" button in the right-hand corner.

The username change should be immediate. Remember, you can change your username an space number of times and as often as you want.

Steam volition show the names (aliases) y'all've previously used on your profile page, but you can articulate the listing of names you've previously used.