I had a separate nickname on my primary Gmail account and my YouTube account.
I think I pressed something by accident when logging into YouTube.
Now, when I am in my email account, when I look in the upper right corner where I log out, the name next to the menu with the triangle/arrow is my YouTube name, not my email address or first name like it was. When my contacts send email to me, this YouTube name gets used instead of my first name.
I would like to change this back so that my first name displays by that menu in my Gmail account and on emails my friends send to me.
How can I do this?
Best Answer
Follow this link: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#settings/accounts (If it doesn't work, go to Gmail, click the gear icon, and click the Accounts tab.)
You may see different email addresses with different names, or just one, but either way, you can change the default account and/or edit the display name as needed.