Why you can't change a Spotify username
Spotify draws a hard line between your username and your display name. The username is an internal, permanent identifier — you do not even need it to log in (you sign in with your email or a linked Google, Facebook, or Apple account). Because it is auto-generated for most accounts, it is frequently a random-looking string, and Spotify provides no setting to change it.
The good news is that the username is almost never what other people see. On your profile, in the app, and on your playlists, Spotify shows your display name instead — and that you can change freely.
This trips people up because older or email-created accounts sometimes surface a username that looks like an email address or a long random ID, and there is a natural instinct to "fix" it. But there is genuinely no setting for it, anywhere in the app or on the web — and support cannot edit it for you either. Once you know the username is just a hidden identifier, the right move is to stop trying to change it and focus on the display name, which is the part that actually represents you.
Change your display name instead
For nearly everyone searching how to "change their Spotify username," editing the display name is the real answer. It updates the name shown everywhere others see you, without touching the underlying account identifier.
- On mobile/tablet: open Spotify and tap Home, then the Settings (gear) icon.
- Tap View profile (your name at the top).
- Tap Edit profile.
- Tap your display name, type the new one, and tap Save.
- On desktop: open the Spotify app or web player, click your profile name in the top-right, choose Profile, then Edit profile, change the display name, and save.
Desktop labels can vary by version — [Verify on live account]. The mobile steps are from Spotify Support; the desktop flow follows the same Edit profile path.
If you need a different username: create a new account
Since the username itself cannot be edited, the only way to get a different one is to register a new Spotify account. Note that you still do not get to type a custom username — Spotify assigns it — but a fresh account gets a fresh identifier, and you set a new display name immediately. Before switching, plan how you will move playlists: make them public or collaborative so you can re-save them, and remember that Premium or Family plan membership is tied to the account you leave behind.
Changing an artist name (Spotify for Artists)
If you are an artist and you mean your public artist name rather than a listener username, that is a separate process. Artist name changes are requested through Spotify for Artists or your music distributor, and they follow Spotify’s artist-name guidelines — not the profile settings described above.