A relative called with a good question: How do you change the name of a Kindle?
She got her young daughter a Kindle for Christmas. The daughter does not have credit cards or an Amazon account, so the Kindle was purchased using the mom’s Amazon account.
When you buy a Kindle, Amazon names it for you with your first name. For instance, I still have a Kindle Fire HDX that I reviewed last week. Out of the box, it was named “Jim’s 2nd Kindle.”
I’ve never owned a Kindle, but I’ve reviewed two.
When you get a Kindle this review, Amazon asks for the email address you used for your Amazon ID and they pre-register it for you so your content is already loaded when you open it. This is a great service, but in this instance, the Kindle was a gift It would be really nice to have the daughter’s name on the Kindle instead of the mom’s.
So how do you change the name? First, Amazon calls the device name of the “friendly name.”
From your computer, open a browser and go to amazon.com / myk and log into your Amazon account. Your browser should open to a page called Manage Your Kindle.
If you have multiple Kindles, they should be listed there, including devices like Android phones and iOS devices with the Kindle app installed.
Click on the icon for the Kindle you want to change and you’ll see a small “edit” link. Click on the link and a small pop-up box will Appear That lets you enter a new name.
Depending on the Kindle model, you april not see the name change until you sync the Kindle to your computer, but newer Kindles will probably register the change automatically.
Jim Rossman
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