Q&A for How to Change Your Minecraft Username

After you change your name, open the launcher, click on Switch User, re-log into your account and you will be able access servers again.

Close the game, go to the launcher (the grass block app), click Switch User, log out and log back in again. You should be able to join servers now!

They actually tell you here in the article, "In an effort to keep users from changing their names constantly, Mojang enforces a mandatory 30 day waiting period between name changes. This means that once you change your name, you'll have to wait at least 30 days before you can do it again."

It does that sometimes. Just log out of your account and log back in. That should fix the problem.

Minecraft set the minimum to 3 letters and maximum to 16. It may be to avoid "spam names," and probably also to make coding easier.

It should show up immediately after you change your name and re-open the Minecraft Launcher. Contact Mojang Customer Support if you have problems with it.

No, your username isn't case sensitive: "Banana Head" will work just like "banana head".

A Minecraft username is required to be 3 to 16 characters, so 16 characters is the maximum length.

Click on your first name in the top right of the launcher and press "Switch account." Afterwards, try logging in again.

Follow the instructions listed in the article above.

Typically this is because you either haven't logged in for a long time, or you may be using a different device. If you forget the answers to your security questions, you can change them. This process helps to verify that it is you that is logging in.

No, you will not. It only changes your Minecraft name.

It depends on how the server is set up. Ask the owner of the server you visit if changing your name makes you lose your rank.

If it's not already downloaded, there is an option to download it in the "My Games" section. If it's already downloaded and you changed your username, you will have to log out and back in through the launcher. If you do not do this, your launcher will try to make you log in through your old username, which will make the game crash.

Go to the website and purchase the game. If you have already purchased the game, log into the same account you use for Minecraft.

You must remember that as of January 2018, 154 million copies of the game have been sold. 154,000,000 different usernames to try. Add some random stuff, such as ` or | to your username after the name. Try to use symbols most people won't think of. The problem might also be that the server is offline, in which case it might give you the "not available" error even if it is available.

No, changing your username will not delete your data.

If you remember what your old username was, you can change it back after waiting for at least 30 days subsequent to your initial change. Your old username will be reserved an additional week to that 30 days, then made available for others. During that period you are guaranteed to be able to use your old name again. However, there is no specific function to "reset" your username.

Try reloading the page until it shows up. It probably didn't load all the way.

In my experience, you just have to wait for it to be changed.

You can't, because your Switch username is used for it. If possible, try to change your Switch username instead (this will change your username on all of your games).

Just restart the Minecraft launcher, then try logging back in. If that doesn't work, then wait a few more minutes and try again.

I would recommend talking to the people that run the server. Just explain the situation and they should re-whitelist you.

Yes. You'll have to sign out of Minecraft, then log back in with your email. Go into Minecraft and your name will be changed.

When you start Minecraft up, your skin will be on the right and above (or below) will be your name, press to change it.

Delete the Minecraft tab and reopen the launcher. It should now show up with the new name.

Some servers store data by username. To get it back, try changing it back to your old username, or contact the server staff.

Refresh the page. If that doesn’t work, turn your device all the way off and back on. If that doesn’t work, try and contact Mojang.

No, your old username can only be taken by another person after 30 days. You and other people have an equal chance of getting the old username unless somebody else is using a name sniper.

Follow the tutorial above. If it doesn't let you, it means you have already changed it within 30 days.