If you also use Google Pay mobile payment service for online payments, then you too would be interested to know about all the features of Google Pay and there are many such features and points in Google Pay which you see every day but you do not have complete information about them. We are going to tell you about one of these important features that how to change name on Google Pay in this article.
So if you also want to change your name in your Google Pay account or you are showing any name in it which is not your real name or you do not like it, so how can you change it, we are going to show you step by step the whole process.
Let’s start –
How To Change Name On Google Pay Account?
By the way, changing your name in Google Pay is not a big deal, but Google Pay does not provide any direct option from where you can change the name of your Google Pay account. That’s why people search on the Internet to know the process of changing their name in their Google Pay account.
You can follow this method in all these devices on your PC, Laptop or mobile, it will remain same in all. Google does not give you the option of changing your name directly in Google Pay. As we all know that Google Pay is a product of Google, so when you initially sign up in Google Pay, Google advises you to sign in with your Gmail Id.
When you sign in with your Gmail Id in Google Pay, then Google collects all your data from that Google account of yours. So if you want to change your name in Google Pay, then you will have to change your name in the Gmail Id or Google account with which you have signed in to Google Pay.
If you change your name in your Google Account, your name in your Google Pay account will automatically change. Now how to change name in google pay, we will guide you step by step –
Steps to Change Name on Google Pay Account
- First of all, you will open Play Store or Gmail in your mobile or you can also open your mobile’s setting. It means to say that you open that application from where you can manage your Google Account.
- After this you will click on Manage Google Account from where you can edit all the settings of your Google Account.
- Now you will go to the Personal Info tab.
- Now you can change your name in the Basic Info – Name
If you are a Pc or Laptop user and you want to change your name in Google pay, then for that you have to –
- Open Chrome application in your Laptop/Pc and in this you have to sign in with the same Gmail Id from which you access your Google Pay.
- Now you have to click on your profile on the top right side in Chrome and click on Manage Your Google Account.
- Now you have to hit on the Personal Info
- Here you can change your name in Basic Info.
Whatever you save your First Name and Last Name here, the same name will be displayed in the profile of Google Pay. In this way you can change your name in your Google Pay account.
Is it Necessary to Change Name in Google Pay?
Whether it is necessary to change your name in Google Pay or not, it depends on which name you are using in your account. That is, if you are using any name in your Google Pay account or Google account which is Fake or you are using some other fake name then it is necessary for you to replace this fake name with your real name in Google Pay.
It is important to use your real name in Google Pay because whenever you do any transaction with Google Pay, then your (Money Sender) and Money Receiver’s name is shown there.
Therefore, if you ever need UTR Number (Unique Transaction Reference Number) in future, then there also your name will show which you have added in your Google Pay and if you have used any other name there, then the same name will appear in your Transaction Slip as well, due to which you may have to face trouble.
If you have sent money to anyone through UPI (Unified Payments Interface) using Google Pay and even after sending your money, the other person says that I have not received the money in your name, then there you will have to verify your bank account to prove it, which is a long process, So if you use your real name in Google Pay then it will be a Plus Point for you.
Do We Have To Change Our Name Separately For All Bank Accounts Added In Google Pay?
No, you do not need to change your name separately for all the bank accounts in Google Pay. No matter how many Bank Accounts you add to Google Pay from your Gmail Id or Google Account, your name will remain the same in all.
Because all these bank accounts have been added to your same Gmail Id, therefore whatever name you add to that Gmail Id, that same name will be shown on the Transactions of all these bank accounts.
Final Words
Hope your problem of how to change name on Google Pay would have been resolved after reading this article. You can change your name in Google Account and Google Pay in Phone and Laptop/Pc by following the steps mentioned above.