How to Find Your Computer Name in Windows or macOS

Summary

How to find your computer name in currently supported versions of Microsoft Windows

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Finding your computer name is quick and simple, and it can be very helpful for many support reasons.

 

Please Note: For quick access, press Windows Key + Pause Break. This should show the computer's system properties in any version of Windows.

Step-by-Step Guide

How to Find Your Computer Name in Windows

  1. Right-click the Start button.
    The Windows 10 Start Button
     
  2. Select System.
    system option highlighted
     
  3. Use the following image to locate the computer's name under the section for "Device specifications".
    device name is highlighted under device specifications

 

On newer machines, there are also Missouri State stickers attached to the device with names displayed. Alternatively, you can also locate it by typing View PC Name into the Windows search bar. 

Use this guide when needing to identify your computer across a network. These instructions should work similarly with recent versions of macOS, though the naming conventions might be different. This guide was created using macOS Tahoe.

Step-by-Step Guide

 

How to Find Your Computer Name in macOS 

 

  1. Click on the Apple logo in the top left corner and select System Settings.Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)
     
  2. Click About. After doing so, the computer name will be displayed at the top of the screen.Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)

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Details

Article ID: 89589
Created
Thu 10/17/19 2:32 PM
Modified
Fri 4/24/26 4:23 PM

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