{"id":27260,"date":"2017-01-20T11:27:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T09:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27260"},"modified":"2017-01-20T11:27:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T09:27:41","slug":"how-to-change-your-twitter-username","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/20\/how-to-change-your-twitter-username\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change your Twitter username"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/change-twitter-username-3.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/20\/how-to-change-your-twitter-username\/change-twitter-username-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/change-twitter-username-3.png?fit=500%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,90\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"change-twitter-username-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/change-twitter-username-3.png?fit=500%2C90&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27261\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/change-twitter-username-3-500x90.png?resize=500%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not considering a change of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mamchenkov\">my Twitter account<\/a>, as I&#8217;m using my surname all over the place and the only person it ever conflicts with is <a href=\"http:\/\/alex.mamchenkov.net\/\">my brother<\/a>. \u00a0But I&#8217;ve heard of people trying to rename their accounts or re-brand their activity on Twitter, so I think is article &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkerbit.com\/articles\/change-twitter-username\">How to change your Twitter username<\/a> &#8211; is useful.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here&#8217;s a synopsis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>create a new Twitter account with a @JunkName handle you don&#8217;t care about<\/li>\n<li>change your @OldName account to @NewName, keeping your followers and tweet history intact (releasing your @OldName into the wild)<\/li>\n<li>use the new Twitter account you made to quickly grab @OldName before anyone else has a chance to take it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>One thing to note<\/strong>: Because of the way Twitter handles conversations, changing your username won&#8217;t retroactively change @mentions directed toward you from other people. This means that people you&#8217;ve conversed with will seemingly be talking to a ghost at @OldName instead of you at @NewName. 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