How to Change Your Minecraft Username

Want to change your Minecraft username? No problem. Mojang, the company that runs Minecraft, will allow you to do so. You can customize both the spelling and capitalization of your username. It's totally free to change your username, but you will have to wait 30 days until you can do it again, so think carefully. You don't want to be stuck with a username you don't like for a month, right?

How to change your Minecraft username

To change your Minecraft username, do this:

1. Navigate to your Mojang account page.
2. Press the "change" link next to your Minecraft name.
3. Enter your new username.

Note: Minecraft names are all unique so you can't use one that is already in use by someone else. Even if you somehow manage to convince them to change their name so that you can use it, you can't switch to it immediately. Their old username will become available exactly 37 days.

Keep in mind that changing your username won't modify other parts of your account. If you were banned from a server, you'll continue to stay banned. Similarly, your account also keeps whitelist and op status on servers along with your inventory, pets, stats, and everything else it had. Mojang also claims that name changes should work fine with the game's many mods, they clarify that they will not be responsible for any issues that arise.

What about unpaid usernames?

Back in the good old days of Minecraft, it was entirely possible for players to register a username before they purchased the game. However, these usernames have been targeted for deletion from Mojang's system, so that paying customers can use them. If you have one of those pre-registered usernames, Mojang says this:

"1. Be sure that you have access to your old, unpaid Minecraft account. You will need access to its registered email address. If you cannot access that username, you can contact customer support, provide your registered email address or physical registration location, and we will set it to a new email address.
2. If you haven't already, register a Mojang account at account.mojang.com/register. You cannot have more than one Minecraft username per Mojang account.
3. Purchase Minecraft with a gift code from minecraft.net/store or through a Minecraft prepaid card from a retail store. Old usernames can only be upgraded with gift codes or prepaid cards.
4. When redeeming your gift code or prepaid card at account.mojang.com/redeem, an option to import an old username will be available."

If you did not do this before these unpaid accounts are erased, you could still register the name normally, assuming someone hasn't already taken the name, of course.