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When you send an electronic mail from your Gmail business relationship, your display proper noun (forth with other information) will be shown to the recipient. You tin can change the display name associated with your Gmail business relationship in a few steps. Here's how.

You can just change the proper noun on your Gmail account on a desktop browser. Y'all can't use the Gmail mobile app on Android, iPhone, or iPad to alter your name.

To change the name on your Gmail business relationship, log in to your account through Gmail's website on your desktop browser. In one case logged in, click the gear icon to open the "Settings" menu.

Side by side, select "Run into All Settings" at the top of the drop-down menu.

See all settings button

Yous'll now be in the "General" tab of Gmail's Settings menu. Click the "Accounts and Import" tab.

Accounts and Import tab

In the "Send Mail As" section, yous'll run across your electronic mail address and the display name associated with that address. Click the "Edit Info" push button to alter your display name.

Edit info button next to send mail as

A new window volition appear. Here, you tin can modify your display proper noun by clicking the bubble next to the text box and so typing the new display proper noun in that text box. Click "Save Changes" to employ the change.

Enter and save new display name

You'll now encounter the newly entered display name next to the "Send Postal service As" section in Gmail's settings menu.

New display name

The next time you send an email, your new display proper noun will be shown to the recipient.

While Google allows you to modify your display name, you can't actually change your username (which is different than your brandish proper noun) or your email address. But if you really need a new email address, y'all can always migrate your Google account to a new 1.

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