How to change your Facebook Page name

Only someone with Facebook access to the Page. Meta says people with task access (who work on the Page from tools such as Meta Business Suite) can't request a name change. If you aren't sure which you have, ask whoever has full control of the Page.

Changing the name is a request, not an instant edit, and it doesn't change your Page's username (the facebook.com/yourname address). If you want the web address to match, change the username separately.

Source: Facebook Help Centre: Change your Facebook Page's name, checked 15 October 2026

Meta's steps on a computer:

1. Log in to Facebook, then click your profile photo in the top right.
2. Click See all profiles, then select the Page you want to switch into.
3. Click your Page photo in the top right.
4. Click Settings and privacy, then Settings.
5. Click Page setup, then Name.
6. Below General Page Settings, click Edit next to your Page name.
7. Type the new name, then click Review Change.
8. Enter your password, then click Request Change.

Source: Facebook Help Centre: Change your Facebook Page's name, checked 15 October 2026

Meta says a Page name must accurately reflect the Page, and recommends keeping it simple, specific and grammatically correct, giving examples such as Hungry Bear Coffee and Allstar Locksmith. A Page name can't include:

• Terms that may be abusive or violate someone's rights.
• The word "official" unless it's the official Page of that brand, place, organisation or public figure.
• Odd capitalisation or all capitals (acronyms are fine).
• Symbols such as ® or unnecessary punctuation.
• Descriptions or slogans, such as "The Best Cafe - We serve the best coffee in town". Put those in your About section instead.
• Any variation of "Facebook", "Meta" or other Meta product names.

Source: Facebook Help Centre: Guidelines for Facebook Page names, checked 15 October 2026

Meta also rejects names that are too broad: a single general word (such as Pizza) or a general place (such as New York). An organisation that represents a place can use it, for example "New York City, Mayor's Office" in Meta's own example, and a name can differ from the organisation's legal name as long as it accurately reflects what the Page is about.

For a small business, the safest choice is the name customers already know: the one on your sign, receipts or website. Add your town only if it's part of how people tell you apart.

Source: Facebook Help Centre: Guidelines for Facebook Page names, checked 15 October 2026

Meta lists four reasons the Edit option may be missing:

• Your Page access doesn't allow name changes (task access, for example).
• You or someone else with Facebook access recently changed the Page's name.
• There may be limits on the Page.
• It's a regional Page that falls under a global Page, whose name can't be changed.

Source: Facebook Help Centre: Change your Facebook Page's name, checked 15 October 2026

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