Unlike some social media sites, you don't have to use your real name anywhere on Twitter. Your handle can be a take on your own real name, to a pun or meme, to a collection of random numbers and letters. It just has to be unique, and can't contain slurs or other terms that violate the rules.
And best of all: You can change your Twitter handle whenever you want. All you need to do is open your account settings.
Here's how to change your Twitter handle, and go by a different @ name.
How to change your Twitter handle
This guide will show how to change your handle via the Twitter mobile app, but the steps are nearly identical on the website.
1. Swipe right to open the side menu, and tap Settings and privacy at the bottom.
2. Tap Account, and then Username.
3. Enter your new name. You might also be given some suggestions — tap any of these to set it as your username immediately.
4. Tap Done to save your new handle.
Steven John contributed to a previous version of this article.
