When sending mail from Apple iPhone 3GS my copy says from barber This is incorrect. How can I correct this? Thank you! Barbara
This is a fairly easy problem to solve: but it’s important to know that the name associated with your outbound mail is not related to your Address Book (uh, Contact) entry, but is specified in the email account settings you have created.
To check what settings you have on your Apple iPhone, Barbara, you need to go to the main screen of your phone and then tap on “Settings”.
It looks like this once you’ve done that:
From here you want to drop down to “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and tap it.
Now you’ll see:
Pick the account you’re finding isn’t configured properly and tap on it (if you have more than one, as I do). You’ll then see:
As you can see, the first entry is “Name”, and I bet it’s not set to anything at all, or, worse, is set ot the wrong thing. Either way, just tap on it and you’ll be able to correct the entry.
Problem solved.
Now, more questions about the iPhone? Check out the rest of my site, I have lots of iPhone help.
THANK YOU! I could not find the answer anywhere, so update a few things for 2018 and your answer worked. Thanks again!
Finally a fix! Although the article was dated, I was still able to change the name. I’ve been searching for the answer for weeks.
Thanks a lot 🙂
Perfect! Thank you for the help!
Thank you so much! Very easy to follow. So sick of everybody thinking my husband was sending the emails!
Saved my sanity. I almost reset all of my settings. this worked
Thanks! Big help!
Perfect! You are officially saved in my favorites! Thanks again!
Perfect answer even for my iPhone 5. Screen shots were VERY helpful.
Glad I could help, RC. And yes, chai is a spiced Indian tea…
Just found out chai is tea. I don’t drink tea either. Mormons. What are you going to do?
Dave, I hope you are not a terrorist because I am sponsoring you with a Grande Chai. I don’t even know what that is since I don’t drink coffee but I could not for the life of me figure out how to change my name on my iPhone, so if chai is what you want… For some reason I must have though it was cute to write “Me” when I set up my phone’s email for the first time and I had no idea my work emails showed up that way until someone told me after a year! Then I couldn’t figure out how to change it. For your help kind sir, here is $4.50.
Thanks a lot Dave. I used default settings while configuring and it used to show my mail id as my name. Your solution is very helpful.
geez thanks specially for the images or screen shots: it’s easier to follow guides with pictures you know
for some reason this information was so hard to find on the internet! everyone skips the step that says go to “Settings.” It really makes all the difference when you tell people where to start.
THANK YOU!
Thank you! You totally answered my question! I bought you a chai.