If you have been searching for a way around the old 200 like limit on page name changes, here is the short version: that specific rule is gone, and most of the articles still describing workarounds for it were out of date long before you found them.
What used to be true
For years Facebook blocked name changes once a page passed 200 likes, and requests above that threshold went to manual review. This produced an entire genre of tutorial promising a trick, a hack or a magic form. Many of those tricks did work briefly. None of them work now.
What is true now
You can request a name change on a page of any size through the page settings. The request is reviewed rather than applied instantly, and the review is looking at whether the new name fits the page. Size is no longer the barrier. Relevance is.
What the review actually checks
- Does the new name relate to the old one and to what the page posts?
- Is it a generic term that no single page should own?
- Does it use a brand or trademark the page has no claim to?
- Does it mislead people about what the page is?
- Is the page in good standing, with no live restrictions or appeals?
The method that works
Move in small steps. Each request should keep something recognisable from the current name. Make the page’s content match the name you want before you ask for it. Then wait between attempts rather than resubmitting the same refused request.
Ignore anything promising a shortcut
If an article offers a hidden form, a special support link or a trick involving changing your page category, it is describing something that is no longer there. Our current guide to page name changes covers the real process, and this piece covers shortening a long name specifically.
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