I've found it's almost impossible to find clear and concise information on how to create/change/update an existing Facebook Profile or Page URL into a "pretty" URL.
Because Profiles and Pages are indexed on search engines, many people would prefer to have a URL of their choosing -- instead of having the default URLs with unwieldy strings of numbers that are impossible to remember!
NOTE: Think and choose carefully! Once your change/update your URL you cannot change it again. At this time, Facebook allows a one-time change only -- and it must be a choice that is not being used by someone else.
So how do you change your URL? It's amazingly simple.
Login into Facebook and then go to this link:
http://www.facebook.com/username/
Follow the instructions from there.
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Hi there! How can i change the URL of my Fanpage? Anyone out there who knows? Thanks a lot! Cheers!
Kevin, unfortunately Facebook only allows one choice — which is why it pays to carefully consider your page URL. At this time, once you’ve changed it, it cannot be changed again.
Thanks for the info. Just what I was looking for
I’ve got all this down, but I can’t change the URL to one of my groups. Anyone know how to do it?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/211210698957383/
Amethyst, as far as I know, you cannot change Group URLs, just personal and Page URLs.
Hey,
Great! I didn’t know that we can change the FB url. I did like to change mine. I’ll try and see how it works. Thanks so much for sharing this information.
My account was hacked once and the hacker changed the URL. How can I change it to the old one?
Which account was hacked?
I’ve the same problem for sometime now. I’ll try many things in my FB profile to change my URL and finally change it and forget who I changed it. This post is really helpful. I don’t have to keep on trying various things now.