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A user-friendly guide to viewing your Facebook username and user ID
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Do you need to find your Facebook username and don't know where to look? Your Facebook username is the customizable part of your profile URL, which you can easily locate in your settings. Your username is different from your user ID on Facebook, which is a unique string of numbers used only by the apps and games you've connected to Facebook. This wikiHow will show you how to find your user ID and username on Facebook using a web browser on your computer, and using the Facebook mobile app on your Android, iPhone, or iPad.
Things You Should Know
- Find username on a computer: Click the profile icon and go to Settings & privacy → Settings → Accounts Center → Profiles → your Facebook account → Username.
- Find username on mobile: Go to ☰ → Settings & privacy → Settings → Account Center → your Facebook account → Username.
- Find user ID on a computer: Click the profile icon and go to Settings & privacy → Settings → Apps and Websites → View and Edit.
- Find user ID on mobile: Go to ☰ → Settings & privacy → Settings → Apps and websites → tap an app.
Steps
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Click your profile picture at the top-right corner of Facebook. A menu will expand.
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Click Settings & privacy . This will be underneath your profile name.Advertisement
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Click Settings . A new page will open.
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Click Accounts Center . You'll see this at the top-left corner of the page.
- If you don't see this option, your account hasn't been migrated to Accounts Center yet. In this case, click Username in the center panel to view your Facebook username.
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Click your Facebook account. If you have multiple Facebook accounts (or you're also on Instagram), you'll see multiple accounts here. Click the name of the Facebook account for which you want to find the username.
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Click Username . You will see your username here.
- You can change your username here as well.
- If you don't see your username, click your profile photo at the top-right corner of Facebook, then click your name to open your profile. Your Facebook username now appears in your web browser's address bar, right after https://facebook.com.
- If you didn't select a custom username, it may be a long string of numbers rather than a name you recognize.
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Tap the menu icon in the Facebook app. This three-line icon will be at the top-right corner on Android, and the bottom-right on iPhone and iPad.
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Scroll down and tap Settings & privacy . You can find this underneath the See More button.
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Tap Settings . A new page will open.
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Scroll down and tap Accounts Center . It's at the bottom of the page under the "Meta" header.
- In some version of the app, you may see the Accounts Center at the top of the Settings screen.
- If you don’t see this option, you haven't linked your account to Accounts Center yet. Instead, scroll back up and tap Username . You will see your Facebook username here. [1] X Research source
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Tap Profiles . You'll see this at the top of Accounts Center.
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Tap your Facebook account. A few options for managing your Facebook account will appear.
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Tap Username . Your Facebook username appears here.
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Go to https://www.facebook.com in a web browser. By default, your home page should be your feed. [2] X Research source
- If you aren't logged in, enter your email address (or phone number) and password in the upper-right side of the page to log in , or create a new account .
- Use this method if you need your user ID to contact a game or app developer on Facebook.
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Click your profile icon. This will be at the top-right corner. A drop-down menu will open.
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Click Settings & privacy . You can find this below your profile name.
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Click Settings . A new page will open.
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Click Apps and Websites . This will be on the left panel, underneath Mobile . You may need to scroll down to find this option.
- You'll see a list of games currently connected to your Facebook account.
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Click View and Edit . This will be on the right side of the app.
- You'll have a unique User ID and/or Player ID for each app.
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View your User ID. This will be located at the very bottom of the page.
- Click the document icon next to User ID or Player ID to copy the ID to your computer's clipboard. You'll need to copy and paste this number when you contact the app's developer.
- If you're worried about your post privacy, you can manage your privacy settings .
- User IDs can be used to view your profile and any information made public, so be wary if you're sharing this information to anyone outside of Facebook's apps or game developers.
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Open the Facebook app. This looks like a white f on a blue background. [3] X Research source
- If you aren't logged into Facebook, enter your email address (or phone number) and password to log in.
- Facebook is available for iOS in the App Store and for Android in the Google Play Store .
- Use this method if you need your user ID to contact a game or app developer on Facebook.
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Tap ☰ . This will be at the bottom-right corner (iOS) or top-right corner (Android).
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Scroll down and tap Settings & privacy . You can find this underneath the See More button.
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Tap Settings . A new page will open.
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Tap Apps and websites . Scroll towards the bottom of the screen. This will be underneath the Permissions header.
- You'll see a list of games currently connected to your Facebook account.
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Tap an app. You'll have a unique User ID and/or Player ID for each app, so click the one you're having issues with.
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Scroll down to find your User ID. This will be located at the very bottom of the page.
- Tap the document icon next to User ID or Player ID to copy the ID to your device's clipboard. You'll need to paste this number when you contact the app's developer.
- If needed you can remove an app connection .
- User IDs can be used to view your profile and any information made public, so be wary if you're sharing this information to anyone outside of Facebook's apps or game developers.
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QuestionWhat if the result are numbers?Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions.Your User ID is a long number rather than a specific name or string of letters. This is normal!
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1. Go to https://www.facebook.com
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2. Sign in.
3. Go to the person’s profile.
4. Right-click a gray part of the page.
5. Click View page source
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6. Press Control+F
or Command+F
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7. Type page-id
and press Enter
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