How to Change Your Name on iCloud Email

Change Your Name on iCloud Email

Want to customize what appears in the “From:” line when you send an email (and add a nickname, for instance, or your brand name)? Find out here how to change your name on iCloud email using iCloud.com.

First, Watch Your Shadow Axonometrically

Without a keen eye on either that shadow or the altimeter, you won’t have much luck in a game Sega released to the arcades in 1982. (To be fair, watching the shadow like a hawk didn’t do me much good either.)

The shadow was necessary because the game was one of the first to exploit axonometric projection—imitating three dimensions and letting you mov up and down in addition to left and right (and forward).

Axonometry not only lent the game an important part of its gameplay but also its name: “Zaxxon”.

Now, before we ponder the name of the game’s maker, how about playing with your name in iCloud Mail?

How to Change Your Name on iCloud Email

Time needed: 2 minutes

To change the name that appears in the “From:” line when you send email from iCloud Mail at iCloud.com:

  1. Click the Show Actions menu gear icon in iCloud Mail on the web.

    Where: The gear icon is at the top of the folder list, near iCloud Mail’s top left corner.
    Don’t see it: If you do not see the icon, do show the Mailboxes list using Show Mailboxes on top of the message list.

  2. Select Settings from the menu that has appeared.

    Open iCloud Mail settings in your browser

  3. Go to the Account category.

    iCloud Mail shortcut: Open https://www.icloud.com/mail/prefs-addresses to open your iCloud account preferences directly.

  4. Click the email address for which you want to change the name in outgoing emails’ From: line.

    Primary or alias: You can change the name for the primary address and your aliases separately; click in their respective sections on the email address.

  5. Under Full Name:, Change the name you want to appear in the From: line when you send emails using iCloud Mail.

    Special characters: You can use many special characters in addition to plain text; see below.
    Type the name you want to use for outgoing emails (From line) from iCloud Mail under “Full Name”

  6. Click Save Changes.

  7. Click ×︎ to close the settings dialog.

How to Change Your Name on iCloud Email: FAQ

Will editing the name on iCloud.com also affect the name when I send from Mail on iPhone or Mac?

Partly. Name changes at iCloud.com

  • will not automatically apply in Mail on iOS and iPadOS but
  • will automatically reflect in your email sending name in Mail for macOS on a Mac.

You can, of course, always change the sending name for iPhone Mail.

What characters can I use in my iCloud email sending name?

iCloud Mail lets you get creative with your name, some characters are not possible:

These are characters with special meaning in the “From:” lines of email (separating the name from the email address, for instance), and iCloud Mail will not let you use them in escaped (e.g., \”) or quoted fashion (such as ‘”‘) either.

Can each iCloud email alias have its own name?

Yes.

If you have set up alias email addresses in iCloud Mail, you can choose a unique sending name for each.

(How to change your name on iCloud Email updated December 2023)

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