How to Change Your Valorant Name (Riot ID)

To change your Valorant name, sign in to Riot's account page in a browser, open the Riot ID section, enter a new game name and tagline, and save. It is free and takes no Valorant Points. There is no rename option inside the game itself, and Riot allows a change only once every 90 days, so pick a name you can live with.

Your Valorant name is your Riot ID

The name other players see is not a Valorant setting. It belongs to your Riot account and is called the Riot ID. It has two parts:

• The game name: what shows above your agent and on the scoreboard.
• The tagline: the few letters or numbers after the # sign.

Together they look like this: Nightowl#4821. The tagline exists so that many players can use the same game name. Only the full pair has to be unique, and friends need both parts to add you.

Two things follow from this. First, one Riot ID serves all of Riot's games, so a new name in Valorant is also your new name in League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics. Second, the Riot ID is not the username you type to sign in. That username is private, nobody sees it in a match, and a Riot ID change leaves it as it was.

How to change your Valorant name step by step

1. Close Valorant. The new name appears the next time you sign in.
2. Open Riot's account page in a browser and sign in with your username and password. If you turned on two-factor authentication, enter the verification code you receive.
3. Open the Riot ID section. It shows your current game name and tagline.
4. Type the new game name. Then write a tagline of your own, or keep the one you have.
5. Save the changes. If the page says the Riot ID is not available, another player already owns that exact pair. Change the tagline or adjust the name a little.
6. Start Valorant again and check the name in the lobby.

The page works the same way in a phone's browser, so you don't need to be at your PC.

Read the name once more before you save. A typo stays with you until Riot lets you change the Riot ID again.

Riot ID rules: what a name can be

• The game name is 3 to 16 characters long.
• The tagline is 3 to 5 letters or numbers.
• The pair of name and tagline must not belong to another player.
• Insults, hate speech, sexual or threatening words, and names that pretend to be Riot staff are not allowed.

The last rule follows you after the change as well. Any player can report an offensive name. When Riot agrees with the report, it resets the Riot ID and makes the owner choose a new one. Hiding a banned word behind numbers or odd spelling does not protect the name.

How often you can change your Riot ID

Riot allows one change and then a waiting period before the next one. The wait is 90 days, and the Riot ID section of the account page shows the date when your next change opens.

There is no way around the wait. You cannot pay Valorant Points for an early change, and sites or sellers that promise one only want your login details.

Because the wait is long, it pays to choose well the first time:

• Keep it short and easy to say. Teammates will call it out on voice chat.
• Leave personal details out of it, such as your full name or the year you were born.
• Avoid copying a famous player's name letter for letter. You would be one of thousands.

What a Valorant name change keeps and what it changes

Almost everything stays. Your friends list, rank, match history, skins and Valorant Points remain on the account, and friends see the new name without adding you again. The account's region does not move either. That is a separate matter, explained in our guide to checking and changing your Valorant region.

Two things do change. Your old Riot ID becomes free, so another player can take it. And anyone who only knew your old name will not find you by it, so tell the people you play with.

Frequent questions

Is a Valorant name change free?

Yes. Changing the Riot ID costs no money and no Valorant Points. VP is for the store only: weapon skins, the Battle Pass and similar items.

Can I change my Valorant name before 90 days?

No. Riot does not offer an early change, paid or free. The account page shows the date your next change becomes available.

How do I change my Valorant name on PS5 or Xbox?

The same way. The name comes from the Riot account linked to your console, so you change the Riot ID on Riot's account page in a browser, signed in to that Riot account.

Can I change only the tagline?

Yes. You can change the game name, the tagline or both. Each of these counts as one change of the Riot ID, and the waiting period starts again.

A new name is free, skins are not

The name costs nothing. The rest of your look in Valorant, from weapon skins to player cards, is bought with Valorant Points. If your account belongs to the Türkiye region, you can get Valorant Points codes on Mas4Games. The code is shown on the order's page in your account and sent by e-mail, and you redeem it yourself in the game client.