Can I change how my name appears on my friends chat?

Everytime i use the yahoo messenger chat, my real name appears instead of my yahoo Id.How can i change it?

• On the screen my real name appears instead of the yahoo id or my email add when i start chatting. I only want my yahoo i.d. to appear not my real name.

• Answer:

  Hi there You have 2 options option #1: go to your messenger top bar and click on messenger, go to my profiles, in the button left hand side click on edit/create profiles, that will take you to your yahoo profile home page. there you can edit your name or nick. option #2: if you have your ID added to your yahoo messenger , right click on it and scroll down to Edit contact details. a panel will open, there you can change your name or nick, just hit close and save when your done and it will change automatically. Hope this helps. Good luck to you.