Ever wonder how to change the name of your iPhone? Your iPhone is an extension of you and your digital (citizen🙂) life, so it deserves a fun and unique identity. By default, your iPhone name includes your real name. If you want to protect your privacy when you’re using Airdrop, Personal Hotspot, or connecting to a Wi-Fi network, it’s a good idea to change your iPhone name to something else. This should also make it easier to identify and avoid confusion if you own multiple iPhones. So, without further ado, here’s how to name your iPhone in five easy steps:
Start by opening the Settings app on your iPhone
Access the General Settings on your iPhone
Access About to see your iPhone name
Tap Name to change the name on iPhone
Use the x to delete the current iPhone name
Next, use the keyboard at the bottom to insert a new name for your iPhone. Tap done when you’re happy with the new iPhone name.
How to change your iPhone name
That’s it! Back on the About screen, you can see the new iPhone name, which is also used by iCloud, AirDrop, your iPhone hotspot, and your computer.
Step 1: Open the Settings app
The first step to change your iPhone name is to open the Settings app. You should find it on your Home Screen, as shown below, but there are also other ways to open the iPhone Settings.Step 2: Access General Settings
On the Settings screen, tap the General entry.Step 3: Tap on About
The first entry on the General screen is called About. Tap on it.Step 4: Access your iPhone’s Name
The Name of your iPhone is shown at the top of the About screen. Tap on this first entry to change the iPhone name.Step 5: How to change the name of your iPhone
On the Name screen, tap the x button next to your iPhone name to delete the current name.
Discussion (4)
Does changing your name make it harder for websites to deanonimise you? I am using Tor and a vpn for ipad 6th gen on version 14.8.1 and the website I visit still seems to know me as it blocks me? I am able to comment for some time but they always seem to catch on and block me. Maybe because I dont have a paid subscription? ( even though almost everyone on it also does not pay), maybe because I am using Tor and they dont like me doing so.
Question is ,how do they know it is me if I am using Tor and a vpn? Is it because I cant see the site at all UNLESS i enable javascript; so they then get browser strings which include… the name i normally have on my Ipad? Or is it because they can then do network enquiries and see what my real IP address is?
Any help is appreciated.
Those websites don’t know it’s you. They just know that the traffic received from your device is unusual, because of TOR + VPN, and they tend to block it, because that type of traffic is usually used for attacks and all kinds of dodgy stuff.
I changed my iPhone name because somehow it changed its name to iPhone (6) — it’s not a 6. Don’t know what happened…
Weird. Happy that you sorted it out, using our tutorial.