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Nickname almost like a call’s name. In the messenger service, especially in Yahoo! Messenger, nickname is like your called name. Nickname can be changed as many as you wish. There are no limitation of changing your nickname. In chat room (if you using official chat client of YM), your nickname will appear in the talk chat room, only by clicking your nickname or hovering the mouse on the nickname your real identities (username or ID) can be seen by others. In Instant Messenger, in Messenger List, nickname represent the name of yours!

Remember in Messenger List of your friends, your nickname not in your controls. Your friend can change the nickname of yours whatever and whenever they want to.

To change nickname of yours, You can make simple steps that we given to you below. Note: this only will change the nickname appear in chat room not in Messenger List of your friends. There are three ways to change the nickname of your IDs. First through chat room yahoo messenger:

Chat Room >> Chat >> Change My Nickname…

Unfortunately, this ways of changing nickname sometime did not support ASCII character. We, personally, not recommend you to change nickname through this ways. The second, you can change by using change nickname software. But, its not the right times to give you that such of changing nickname software.

And the last, you can change nickname by using your account editor. Follow our instructions below:

Yahoo! Messenger >> Messenger >> My Profiles >> Create/Edit My Profiles

If you see Yahoo Messenger Message, “Do you want to be signed in automatically when you click a link to Yahoo! web site?” just answer Yes. Within a second, you will face your account profiles editor at your Internet browser, Please choose one of your ID ( If you create two or more Alias ID or Public ID), or type the url address: http://profiles.yahoo.com/username and login with username password, then do these steps:

Edit >> Edit Profile Information >> Nickname >> Save Changes

Now your new nickname has been changed! Remember even though you have new nickname, the nickname of yours in your friend messenger list still remain the old nickname, unless they change it into new one.

New Ways to Change Yahoo Messenger Nickname

Just login to your Yahoo Account (use login username of your desired alias ID or primary ID of Yahoo) then. Just visit:

Yahoo Profile

You will see a Page like this:

After that, click the Continue Button at the right of the page, and you will see a page like this:

Now finish your edit Profiles. Display name has the same meaning with Nickname. Happy New Nickname!!

Note: You can access you old Yahoo Profiles (Nickname, Name, Sex, Age, etc) using this simple trick. Just Login to Yahoo and then open url below in your web browser (thank to glytch for this trick):

http://p1.pf.re4.yahoo.com/YourYahooID

ps: Yahoo! and the Yahoo! Messenger logo are registered trademark of Yahoo, Inc