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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

HenriettaN — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:53:44 -0000

I cannot get logged into my account now! Does it usually take awhile to be able to log in to your account when you change the user name? I'm so upset that it won't let me log in :( It also won't let me grab my old user name, it just says that it is unavailable. I will keep trying and HOPE that it just takes a bit for twitter to recognize!
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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Aaress @ On the Baseline — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:55:41 -0000

Thanks for the tip! It worked perfectly!

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Marc Beharry — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:49:54 -0000

It definitely works, i did it like two weeks ago :)

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Stefanie Zucker — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:59:22 -0000

It worked. It took Twitter 48 hours to release the name I wanted, but they finally did and then I went on and completed the rest of the instructions. Phewww... A little scary, but wanted to tell folks that it does work, but be warned - Twitter may make this a little more work than it has to be...
Hope this helps...

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Stefanie Zucker — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:52:42 -0000

Actually I ran into the same problem as the last person who commented. I grabbed the twitter name I wanted. Then I changed the new account name so I could go into my old account and grab it and it was unavailable to be accessed by my old account. When I went to switch it back and it was unavailable to the new account as well. So now the name I want is unaccessable alltogether. Help, please!!

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Twitter_Tips — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:24:11 -0000

Glad to hear that worked. It has failed in the past. Changing to a name that was recently used used to give the "name unavailable" message. Tried it several times. So makes me concerned that this might not always work.

In other words, each name, once created, was unavailable to be used again, regardless of whether it became "available" by changing the name on the account it first existed on. So using a name then changing the name to something else made the original name unavailable.

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Emer Lawn — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:23:33 -0000

Thanks a million for this post. Will really help us when we decide if we're going to change our Twitter name to help people find us better!

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Jeff — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:08:59 -0000

Can i check, the old twitter username- can I delete it off after i move all to the new name or do i need to keep it?

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Internet Marketing Connections — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:02:22 -0000

Great post Rick! Really vaiuable info...linked it!

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Rudy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:20:45 -0000

Rick...

Thanks for the information as in my head I'm going through a particular thought process regarding me username. on Twitter whcih is TwilightNewsMan

I originally wanted it to be TwilightNewsBeat like my website but due to the username limitation I'm over by one chracter. Should I stay with what i have (the present name is pretty recent) or should I consider a new name

Thanks again...
RudyK

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Alison Rothwell — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:21:57 -0000

Thanks for the advice - I've taken the plunge and moved from my brand name to my "real name" :)

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Laura Powers — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:08:40 -0000

Thanks a lot for this post. When I first set up my Twitter account I picked a really difficult user name and was afraid to switch it. I just changed it using your directions and it worked perfectly.

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Michelle Golden — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:06:41 -0000

Rick, thank you a TON, I had done what you did...grabbed my full name...but had no idea making the switch could be this easy. Linking to THIS post will be my first tweet under my full name handle. You rock. Thank you!!! @goldenm AND @michellegolden

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Laurie PK — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:44:52 -0000

Rick,

Do you know if I can change to caps without going through the above process?

That is, I'm @quipsandtips. I want to be @QuipsAndTips. Can I just change it in my settings?

Thanks,
Laurie

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

John — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:48:10 -0000

Great article. I use Qwitter and it sent me an alert for every follower notifying me that they had all unfollowed me so... you're article could be even better if you instructed to turn off Qwitter for the original account prior to following your steps. Cheers!

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

DougBoonJohnson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:05:20 -0000

Nice post Rick. . .except that it won't let me change my old user name, as it says it's already been used.

Will keep trying.

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Jack — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:55:35 -0000

Great instruction ... brings up another thought though ... I'm wondering if it might be possible to consolidate (merge) two twitter accounts?

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Richard — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:52:32 -0000

Useful post - we've got quite a few Twitter accounts, and a few of them needed changing to maintain consistency!

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Jeff Simpkins — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:49:34 -0000

Rick, great post. Extremely useful information and well written! Not only did I use the information to get a better Twitter ID for myself, I referred to it in a post for community bankers. You can see the post at: http://blog.communitybankco... Thanks for the great work and great information!

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Debra Simpson — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:20:25 -0000

I have my own name, debrasimpson, and I have my business name, northsandiego. I wanted to establish a twitter identity with the business name for when I sell the business down the road. Does that make sense?

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Devin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:36:28 -0000

Thanks for the help. Definitely helps the personal brand.

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Roz Fruchtman — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:08:34 -0000

Great Post Rick:

What I would like to find out is how to consolidate two Twitter accounts. Well, that is not exactly accurate... Here's the deal:

Like you, when I first started on Twitter I was not sure about names and how things went. @CoachDeb said not to use underscores and I did not! Thanks @CoachDeb! (See I do listen! :)

I took my name and then my biz name. I have now converted to using my biz name primarily. I would like to get the followers from name account to follow me on biz account. This is where they will meet the "real Roz!" Some are, but I see that some others are still not following me at primary account!

Thanks again for instructions on changing Twitter ID names.

Roz
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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Anita Johnson — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:44:35 -0000

Well, the instructions were easy enough, but for me, it was just plain scary! I didn't realize I shouldn't have added anyone to the NEW account and then I had trouble logging back in to both accounts! Seems the passwords are now reversed. And now that I've unfollowed all the people I added in the New (now Old) account, I've been locked out! I think I'll wait a while before trying to login to my formerly old, now NEW account. Sheeesh!

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Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Travelwriter — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:29:37 -0000

Thanks for the guidance, especially for the hint, do provide a second account for bearing the old name!

Re: How to Change Your Twitter Username ID

Chris — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:13:01 -0000

Rick,

Thanks for the post. I just followed your instructions and it worked like a charm. Thought I was going to have to start over and am really glad that I don't. :)

-chris

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