How to Change Your Google Search Name

Change a Google search account.

Google provides searchers with personalization settings. These settings save your searches, so you are able to see your favorite sites at the top of your search engine results page. This is beneficial when you want to find your own blog or website to quickly evaluate how it is displayed in Google's search results page. You can choose to create a new Google account, which changes your search name.

Instructions

1. Sign out of your current Google account. Open your Web browser and enter Google's search home page (see Resources) to the navigation text box. On the top right corner of the screen is a "Log out" link. Click it to log out of your current account.

2. Navigate to the Google account creation page (see Resources). Google prompts you for several pieces of information for your account settings. After you have chosen a new Google account name and entered the information, click the button labeled "I accept. Create my account". Your Google name is created.

3. Enter Google's home page address in your browser's navigation text box once again. Notice on the top right corner that your new account name is listed. Any searches you make under this new name are saved under the current account.

References

• Google: Search history and settings

Resources

• Google: Create an Account
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