- Click Settings at the top of any Gmail page, and open the Accounts tab.
- In the Send mail as: section, locate the email address you'd like to edit.
- Click edit next to the address.
- Change the Name field as desired, and click 'Save changes.'
Changing your username
It isn't possible to change your username once you've created an address, but there are some options to change the way your username is displayed.
If you'd like to use a version of your username with fewer or more dots (.), you don't have to change a thing. If your username is 'my.address@gmail.com,' messages sent to 'myaddress@gmail.com' and 'm.y.a.c.c.o.u.n.t@gmail.com' are already delivered to your Inbox. Learn more about dots.
If you'd like to change the name that's used on your outgoing messages, follow these steps:
For more drastic username changes, you'll need to sign up for a new address.
