Changing My Name On Fb?

[Bobbisox1]

What do I go into ?

[barry1010]

Does this help? https://www.facebook.com/help/173909489329079

[Bobbisox1]

thanks Barry, I have came to my PC rather than my tablet

[Buenchico]

Facebook's rule is that you MUST use your real name for your main account. Using anything else risks getting your account deleted. The number of fake accounts that have been deleted by Facebook is approaching 2 billion(!), so it's clearly not an idle threat!

There is however an option available to people whose name has genuinely changed (e.g. by marriage or deed poll); you should note though that Facebook might ask for proof of such a name change. If you want to try it, click the down arrow in the top right-hand corner, select 'Settings & privacy', and then 'Settings'. Under 'General Account Settings', click the Edit button next to your old name and type in your new one. Click 'Review Change', enter your password and click 'Save Changes'. [Note that no further name change will be allowed for 60 days, so make sure that you get it right!]

An alternative approach is to retain your existing name for your main Facebook account but to create a 'business page' alongside it. You don't actually need to be running a business, per se. You could, for example set up a hobby page, calling yourself 'Cross-Stitch Bobbi'. Such a page operates entirely independently from your personal page, so anyone going to Cross-Stitch Bobbi's page wouldn't be able to see, or even know about, your personal page.

[Bobbisox1]

done Chris,still kept my name so Im not breaking the rules, just done an add on

[barry1010]

Don't tell them but none of my FB accounts use my real name, I've had them all for years. One is obviously not a real name. I think they only delete accounts if the users cause trouble.
So what exactly did you do that was so naughty, Buen?

[Bobbisox1]

you have a few?
I only have the one Barry

[Buenchico]

>>> So what exactly did you do that was so naughty, Buen?

Years ago, Barry, I was chatting on a web forum to someone in Ukraine, who invited me to take a look at her pictures on Facebook. (They were just family pictures and landscapes, etc, not anything rude!). I followed the link and started browsing through her many albums of photos. However, after just a short while, a message popped up from Facebook, telling me that I'd need to sign up if I wanted to see more. Although I'd no real desire to join Facebook, I decided to sign up anyway and did so using my real name. I then returned to browsing those publicly-available web albums, only for another Facebook message to appear shortly afterwards, telling me that my account has been suspended 'due to suspicious activity'. Despite sending Facebook loads of ID, to prove that I was genuine, I never got access to my account again.

So I managed to get thrown off Facebook without ever having posted anything at all!

I left it for many years until rejoining Facebook (again under my real name), just a few months ago, in the hope of being able to track down some old friends

[Bobbisox1]

it's very handy but can become intrusive if you let it

[barry1010]

How odd

[Bobbisox1]

arh I see you joined and then went U-I straight away, how cowardly, so what, you are in my FB , there's nothing to see there so move alone, you don't scare me

[Bobbisox1]

*along*

[naomi24]

If you must troll people why don’t you use the name you’re usually known by here instead of hiding?

[Ken4155]

Popcorn! Popcorn! £1 a bag. Popcorn!

[naomi24]

Haaaa! I do like an enterprising man, Ken. :o)