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Fix your Facebook page link

If your page link ends in a string of numbers, change it to your business name.

Look at your Facebook page link. If it looks like facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089..., nobody can remember it, and it looks like a page nobody finished setting up.

You can change it to something like facebook.com/SmithPlumbingJax. The part after the slash is called your page username.

Before you change it

  • You need to be an admin of the page.
  • Pick a name you'll keep. Facebook limits how often you can change it.
  • Keep it close to your real business name. If it's taken, add your city or state, like SmithPlumbingJax.
  • Your page name and your username are two different things. Changing one doesn't change the other.

How to change it

  1. Log in to Facebook and switch into your business page.
  2. Open Settings, then look for Page setup.
  3. Find Username and click edit.
  4. Type your new username. Facebook tells you if it's available.
  5. Save it, then open the new link to make sure it works.
Can't find it? Facebook moves its menus around often. Use the search box inside your page settings and type "username."

Then update your old link

Put the new link everywhere the old one was: your website, your Google profile, your email signature, and anything printed. Don't count on the old link forwarding people to the new one.

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