{"id":1509,"date":"2019-05-14T17:07:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T17:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trucos.com\/uncategorized\/whatsapp-como-cambiar-el-nombre-de-los-contactos-desde-la-app\/"},"modified":"2019-05-14T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T17:07:17","slug":"whatsapp-how-to-change-the-name-of-contacts-from-the-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/whatsapp-how-to-change-the-name-of-contacts-from-the-app\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp: how to change the name of contacts from the app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/\"><strong>WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a>, the most popular instant messaging application in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.es\/Apple-iPhone-Smartphone-4-7-iOS\/dp\/B075RB9XGZ\/ref=sr_1_cc_3?s=aps&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1516605884&amp;sr=1-3-catcorr&amp;keywords=iphone+8&amp;tag=cmvr0d-21\">iOS mobiles<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.es\/Samsung-Galaxy-Smartphone-Bluetooth-Octa-core\/dp\/B079X5M6ZL\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1524765876&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=galaxy+s9&amp;dpID=31ae76sZ1cL&amp;preST=_SY300_QL70_&amp;dpSrc=srch&amp;tag=cmvr0d-21\">Android<\/a><\/strong>, also allows us to change the name of our contacts from the application itself; and let us remember that <a href=\"http:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/whatsapp-trick-to-know-what-time-they-read-your-messages\/\"><strong>WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a> Use the same names of the contacts that we have in our mobile phone book. Even so, it is possible to change these names manually <a href=\"http:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/whatsapp-how-to-send-messages-without-adding-contacts-to-the-phonebook\/\">through the same app<\/a> through a direct access and a method that we detail below. <strong>Tutorial to change the name of contacts from <a href=\"http:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/whatsapp-how-to-reply-to-someone-privately-in-a-group\/\">WhatsApp<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"How to change the name of your WhatsApp contact easily\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_xOcGscuQYUQ\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xOcGscuQYUQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xOcGscuQYUQ\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M13S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2018-01-26T06:58:36Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_xOcGscuQYUQ\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xOcGscuQYUQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">How to change the name of your WhatsApp contact easily<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xOcGscuQYUQ\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xOcGscuQYUQ\/0.jpg\" alt=\"How to change the name of your WhatsApp contact easily\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"C\u00f3mo cambiar el nombre de tu contacto de WhatsApp f\u00e1cil\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>How to change the name of a contact on WhatsApp<\/h2>\n<p>The process to change the name of a contact from <strong>WhatsApp<\/strong> It is quite simple, although it is somewhat hidden, since many users are unaware that it can be done from the app itself. For it, <strong>access your chat or contact list<\/strong> and click on the <strong>contact image<\/strong> which you want to change the name.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WhatsApp: how to change the name of contacts from the app\" src=\"\/media\/upload\/2019\/05\/14\/whatsapp-editar-nombres-01.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" title=\"WhatsApp: how to change the name of contacts from the app\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you click on the image of said contact, a window will open <strong>pop-up window<\/strong> with the photo itself enlarged and a series of icons below, chat, call and video call shortcuts, as well as another information icon in the shape of <strong>letter I&quot;<\/strong> inside a circle. <strong>Click on the information icon<\/strong> to access the profile window of said contact.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WhatsApp: how to change the name of contacts from the app\" src=\"\/media\/upload\/2019\/05\/14\/whatsapp-editar-nombres-02.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" title=\"WhatsApp: how to change the name of contacts from the app\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this profile window, the main information about said contact will appear, such as the newly enlarged photo, name, shared multimedia files and mute options, personalization... Now <strong>Click on the icon with the three vertical dots<\/strong> located in the upper right corner. A small menu will open where you must click on the option <strong>Edit<\/strong>, placed in second place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WhatsApp: how to change the name of contacts from the app\" src=\"\/media\/upload\/2019\/05\/14\/whatsapp-editar-nombres-03.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" title=\"WhatsApp: how to change the name of contacts from the app\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This way you will enter the contact file of said user with information such as name, job, telephone number, email... To change the name you just have to <strong>click on the contact name<\/strong> to access the text editor; change the name and press&nbsp;<strong>Keep<\/strong> to save the changes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WhatsApp: how to change the name of contacts from the app\" src=\"\/media\/upload\/2019\/05\/14\/whatsapp-editar-nombres-04.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" title=\"WhatsApp: how to change the name of contacts from the app\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, since WhatsApp contacts are linked to contacts on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/the-best-tricks-for-the-iphone-xs-and-iphone-xs-max\/\">iOS terminal<\/a><\/strong> either <a href=\"http:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/the-best-tricks-of-the-samsung-galaxy-s10\/\"><strong>Android<\/strong><\/a>, the contact name will also change in the rest of the apps and the phone itself.<\/p>\n<h2>More tricks on WhatsApp:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/whatsapp-trick-to-know-what-time-they-read-your-messages\/\">WhatsApp: trick to know what time they read your messages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/whatsapp-how-to-send-messages-without-adding-contacts-to-the-phonebook\/\">WhatsApp: how to send messages without adding contacts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/whatsapp-how-to-convert-audio-messages-to-text-on-ios-and-android\/\">WhatsApp: How to convert audio messages to text<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/trucos.com\/en\/mobiles\/whatsapp-how-to-reply-to-someone-privately-in-a-group\/\">WhatsApp: How to reply to someone privately in a group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guide to modify the name of our contacts from WhatsApp<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moviles","tag-tecnologia"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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