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How do I change an email "Account Name" on my iphone.

Hello everyone,

My question is how do I change an account name in my iPhone? I have just added another separate gmail account, which makes a total of 4 email accounts on my phone. On the first 3 accounts, the name of the account is the email address. The final account (gmail) I just added today, the name of it just says "gmail". How do I change this so it shows up in my iPhone as either the address the account is connected to, OR, give it a name I create?

When I set up the account it asked me for a name for it, and I gave it one, but it does not show up either under "inboxes" or "accounts" It just simply says "gmail" How can I change that?

Also, is there a way to give an account a name other than the email address for the other 3 existing accounts?

Thank you in advance for any and all help!

KPJ

iPhone 3G, iOS 4

Posted on Oct 7, 2010 10:07 AM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2010 12:32 PM

Go to Settings/Mail, Contacts, Calendars/#Account Name to change#/Account Info/Description. Where #Account Name to change# is the name of the email account you want to change the name.
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How do I change an email "Account Name" on my iphone.

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