{"id":439,"date":"2018-07-25T21:26:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2020-08-15T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T05:08:18","slug":"how-to-change-your-wifi-ssid-or-wifi-name-of-your-iphone-hotspot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/how-to-change-your-wifi-ssid-or-wifi-name-of-your-iphone-hotspot\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change your WiFi SSID or WiFi name of your iPhone hotspot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The default SSID for your iPhone hotspot is your name appended with the string: <strong>'s iPhone<\/strong>. For example, if your name is <strong>John<\/strong>, then the default SSID will be <strong>John's iPhone<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>What if you do not like the default SSID given to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=iphone&ref=nb_sb_noss&linkCode=ll2&tag=clivsperswebs-20&linkId=b41a2e2591989fb23521c7e10305b82a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone<\/a> hotspot? In this case, read this post to learn how to change your WiFi SSID of your iPhone hotspot.<\/p>\n<p>First, tap on the <strong>Settings<\/strong> icon from your iPhone home screen:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/cropped-ios-home-screen-with-settings-icon-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped iOS home screen with settings icon boxed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you are in the Settings screen, tap <strong>General<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-Settings-page-with-General-option-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped Settings page with General option boxed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After that tap <strong>About<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-Generals-page-with-About-option-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped Generals page with About option boxed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, tap <strong>Name<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-About-page-with-Name-option-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped About page with Name option boxed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, type in a new name and click on <strong>Done<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-Name-page-with-name-text-field-and-done-button-boxed.jpg\" alt=\"Cropped Name page with name text field and done button boxed\" width=\"800\" height=\"1378\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1057\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you had done so, your WiFi SSID of your iPhone hotspot will be changed to the new name.<\/p>\n\n      <ul id=\"social-sharing-buttons-list\">\n        <li class=\"facebook\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-75\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"twitter\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-75&via=Techcoil_com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter icon\"> Tweet\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"linkedin\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=1&title=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-75&source=https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"Linkedin icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"pinterest\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techcoil.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F439&description=\" class=\"pin-it-button\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\" count-layout=\"horizontal\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Pinterest.png\" alt=\"Pinterest icon\"> Save\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The default SSID for your iPhone hotspot is your name appended with the string: <strong>&#8216;s iPhone<\/strong>. For example, if your name is <strong>John<\/strong>, then the default SSID will be <strong>John&#8217;s iPhone<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>What if you do not like the default SSID given to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?k=iphone&#038;ref=nb_sb_noss&#038;linkCode=ll2&#038;tag=clivsperswebs-20&#038;linkId=b41a2e2591989fb23521c7e10305b82a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iPhone<\/a> hotspot? In this case, read this post to learn how to change your WiFi SSID of your iPhone hotspot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[374,547,485,548],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cropped-About-page-with-Name-option-boxed.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p245TQ-75","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}