To know how to change your Steam username, you must first understand the difference between your SteamID, Account Name, and profile name.

Your Steam account name or SteamID is a string of 17 digits that can be found at the end of your Steam profile URL.

Steam account name vs SteamID While you can swap out the username above and change how other players on the platform see you online, there are other identifiers on Steam that cannot be changed.

The default profile background in Steam is boring. We show you how to change the profile background of your Steam account free.