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User profile for user: Riverbyte
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How do I change display name for iCloud email in Apple Mail?

Strange thing... I can't change the display name that pops up with my iCloud email account. How can I change that in Apple Mail? For whatever reason, it pops up in all caps and I want to change it.


I do NOT want to change the icloud email address, I just want to correct what is displayed when I send a message.


You would think this is a simple solution, but Mail has the area greyed out, and there does not appear to be a way to do this on iCloud web interface.


Thanks in advance for any advice.

Posted on Apr 11, 2014 9:11 AM

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User profile for user: Natedit8
Natedit8
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Posted on Sep 19, 2014 10:48 AM

I'm still having the same problem. What shows in my Full Name field is not what appears when I actually send an email. What else can I do?

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User profile for user: randers4
randers4
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Apr 11, 2014 9:22 AM in response to Riverbyte

If you're talking about the sender name (the name that appears on the From line when you send email), to change it on your Mac Mail, go to icloud.com, sign into your account, open Mail, click the gear shaped icon on the bottom left and choose Preferences, go to the Accounts tab and enter the name you want to use in the Full Name field and click Done. Then quit Mail on your Mac (Command-Q) and re-open it. Your new From name should now appear in the drop-down list when you compose a new email.

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User profile for user: randers4
randers4
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Sep 19, 2014 11:13 AM in response to Natedit8

TI change the sender name on your Mac mail you change it on iCloud.com as discussed. To change the sender name on an iOS device, go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars...tap iCloud under Accounts, tap your iCloud account at the top of the next screen, tap Mail at the bottom of the next screen, then enter the name you want to use in the Name field at the top.

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How do I change display name for iCloud email in Apple Mail?

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