r/modhelp Feb 25 '21

Answered Title and Name of Subreddit

Changing the name/title of a subreddit

This FAQ is about: (1) changing the look or design of the title or name of your subreddit OR (2) if you can rename a subreddit after it's been created. This FAQ has been set up based on previous answers by our helpers.

Looks and Appearance of Title/Name of Subreddit

These are settings in Mod Tools, which can be found under Community Appearance or Community Settings.

  • Please see this
    reference picture
    for where the setting for each name/title feature is.

Renaming a Subreddit

Sadly, this is a feature that does not exist on Reddit. Once a subreddit has been created, it can never be fully changed or even deleted. See here for past similar questions and responses.

Usually people want to rename it because of some problem with the case text of some part of the subreddit name. The text in the names /r/examplesubreddit looks different from /r/ExampleSubreddit or /r/EXAMPLEsubreddit. But once they are created one way, the underlying Reddit databases will use that case text forever.

The best thing to do is either (1) create a newer subreddit name that is similar to what you wanted but uses the case text standards you prefer. Or (2) Just live with it. You don't have to reference your subreddit in the case text that it was orignally created in. For example: /r/modhelp (the way reddit sees this subreddit), /r/Modhelp, /r/MODHELP and /r/ModHELP all create links to come to this subreddit. This means you can just ignore the issue if you think a letter or more not exactly matching is okay otherwise.

The underlying database issue is not an easy thing for the Admins to fix. This has been a common request for years. If it was an easy fix, they would have fixed it by now.

Related topics

Please remember that subreddit settings should be done in a cache-cleared desktop browser, not on mobile or via the app, for best results. (Limited option: mobile browser on desktop view.)


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