How To Change The Nickname Of A Friend On Messenger Kids

How to Set & Remove Nicknames in Facebook Messenger Chats for More Personalized Conversations

For the most part, people employ real names on Facebook. That'south all fine and well for keeping tabs on those you lot know, but information technology can make friendly Messenger chats feel oddly formal. Skirt around this stiffness by giving your friends nicknames in Messenger for Android and iOS, then your conversations reflect the way you and your friends communicate in existent life.

Nicknames work a bit differently in Messenger than they do in other chat applications. When using iMessage or your phone'southward SMS app, for instance, you can name your contacts any you like, without the contact knowing what exactly your nickname for them is. Messenger, on the other hand, lets everybody in the chat see — and edit — all nicknames, just like with chat colors. You may want to go along this in mind before choosing a nickname some might take as bellicose.

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How to Set up a Nickname for Yous & Others

Setting nicknames in Messenger is elementary on an Android telephone or iPhone. First, open a chat, then tap the contact'southward name or group proper name at the top of the display. On Android, tapping the (i) in the top right volition also work. Next, tap "Nicknames." Here, yous will see the names of every member of the chat thread, including your own. If any nicknames have been prepare before, you will see them here.

To set a new nickname, tap on a contact. Adjacent, enter the nickname into the text field, then tap "Relieve" on iOS or "Set" on Android. That's it! Your nickname has taken hold, visible to all group members. Just know that all members receive a notification when you do modify nicknames, then there's no sneaking by hither.

Nicknames will announced at the top of the thread in one-on-i chats and in a higher place friends' conversation bubbles in groups. From your perspective, the thread is branded with a "You fix the nickname for [Name] to [Nickname]" with "Modify" right next to information technology.

Other users in the chat will get a notification saying "[Name] set your nickname to [Nickname]." In their thread, it will say the same thing with a "Modify" pick next to it. And that'southward what you would see if someone changed your name in the conversation.

If you desire to change the nickname, whether you lot created it or non, tap "Change," and so enter the new name in the pop-upwards. Tap "Save" or "Set," and the new nickname will take effect.

On Messenger Lite for Android, things are nearly identical. Tap the vertical ellipsis (•••) in the superlative right, then tap "Nicknames." Tap your chosen contact, so type the nickname out. Finally, tap "Salve." You can also change the nickname from the thread itself when you or someone else changes a name, with the "Edit" link instead of "Alter" from the regular Messenger app.

How to Undo Nicknames for You & Others

What if you need to return social club to the chat? How practise you lot undo a nickname? Start by following the same steps above when irresolute the nickname in the start place. This fourth dimension, still, in one case yous get to the Edit Nickname window, you'll exist removing the nickname entirely.

On iOS and Messenger Lite, tap the (ten) in the name field, then tap "Save." On Android, tap "Remove" in this window to remove the nickname for skilful. Just know that your friend or friends volition receive a notification for this action as well, and they tin can e'er give you lot a new nickname.

You and everyone else in the thread will see an alert that says you lot cleared the nickname, and the warning would also happen when someone else cleared a nickname.

This article was produced during Gadget Hacks' special coverage on texting, instant messaging, calling, and audio/video chatting with your smartphone. Bank check out the whole Chat series.

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