Picture of the JBL Clip 3 wireless Bluetooth speaker package, front view.

How to Change JBL Clip 3 Name

When you scan for in-range Bluetooth speakers, your JBL Clip 3 speaker shows up as “JBL Clip 3” by default.  Yet we know of no way how to change JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth speaker name. Now the Connect app does indeed support the more expensive JBL Flip speakers. But not the Clip 3.  This means that you cannot rename the Clip 3. So be it.

But in this post, we outline how our idea of changing the JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth name routine would work.  We suggest this specifically to JBL. Who knows? Maybe they’ll decide to extend the JBL Connect app to include the JBL Clip 3.  So here’s how we think changing the Bluetooth name would work if they ever did this.

First, install the JBL Connect app on your Android or iOS mobile device. Then, turn on your Clip 3 and pair your mobile device with it. Then, follow the steps below to change the Clip 3 name. This is the name that appears during Bluetooth discovery on nearby devices.

How to Change JBL Clip 3 Name: Step by Step

1. Find the JBL Connect App on your Mobile Device

Our copy installed on home screen four, as shown next.

Screenshot of the iOS home page, showing the JBL Connect app.
The iOS home screen, showing the JBL Connect app.

2. Run the JBL Connect App

Tap the JBL Connect app icon.

Then, you would see the controls for changing the JBL Clip 3 settings.

3. Get to the Settings Screen

Tap the gear Settings button, as pointed at in the last picture by the purple arrow.

You should then see the Settings screen for the paired Clip 3 speaker.

4. Edit the Settings for the Paired JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth Speaker

Tap the pencil icon next to the Clip 3.  Note that we include no screenshots of this app working with the Clip 3. Why not? Because it does not work like this as of this writing.  We’re just thinking out loud in this piece.





5. Edit the Name Field

Use the virtual keyboard to change the speaker name to the one you want.

We’d like to change ours from “JBL Clip 3” to “Tom’s Clip 3”.

First, we’d backspace over the default name (“JBL Clip 3”).

Then, we’d type in the new speaker name, “Tom’s Clip 3”.

6. Tap the Blue Done Key when Finished Editing

Once you change the Clip 3 speaker name, tap the blue Done key on the keyboard.

You would then get instructions on how to pair your Clip 3 speaker again with its new name.

7. Tap the Blue Got It Link

This takes you back to the Settings screen for the speaker. But now, the JBL Clip 3 speaker appears with its new name assigned.

Pairing the Clip 3 with its New Name

With your JBL Clip 3 still paired under its old speaker name, run through this routine to unpair it. Then forget it in your mobile device. And finally, re pair it under its new name.

1. Power Down the JBL Clip 3

This unpairs it from your mobile device.

Picture of the JBL Clip 3 right side. Showing the -Power- button.
The JBL Clip 3 right side view. Showing the -Power- button.

2. Return your Mobile Device to its Home Screen

Press the Home button to close the JBL Connect app, and reveal the mobile device’s Home screen.





3. Find the Settings App

We found ours on the second page of the iOS home screen on our iPad Air, as shown next.

Screenshot of the iOS Home page. Showing the -Settings- app.
The iOS Home screen. Showing the -Settings- app.

4. Bring up the Settings App

Tap the Settings app icon.

The mobile device then displays the first page of its settings, as shown next.

5. Go to Bluetooth Settings

Our Bluetooth settings screen displays as follows on our iPad Air tablet. Note that our Bluetooth is running here. But since we turned off our JBL Clip 3 speaker, it shows as Not Connected. See this as shown in this list of previously paired Bluetooth devices, shown next.

Screenshot of the -Previously Paired Bluetooth Devices- list. Showing the disconnected JBL Clip 3.
The -Previously Paired Bluetooth Devices- list. Showing the disconnected JBL Clip 3.

6. Tap the JBL Clip 3 Entry

So find that entry at the last item on the list in this demo.

Then, the JBL Clip 3 device screen appears.

Screenshot of the JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth device screen. Showing the -Forget This Device- link.
The JBL Clip 3 Bluetooth device screen. Showing the -Forget This Device- link.

7. Tap the Forget This Device Option

When you tap the Forget This Device link, you then get the Forget “JBL Clip 3” prompt.

Screenshot of the -Forget JBL Flip 3- confirmation prompt, with the -OK- button highlighted.
The -Forget JBL Flip 3- confirmation prompt, with the -OK- button highlighted.

8. Tap the Red OK Button

Tapping OK removes the JBL Clip 3 pairing data from the mobile device.





After you hit OK, the Forget JBL Clip 3 window closes. Then the system takes you back to the previously paired Bluetooth devices list.

Screenshot of the  previously paired Bluetooth devices list again. Note that there's no JBL Clip 3 now.
Back to the  previously paired Bluetooth devices list. Note that there’s no JBL Clip 3 now.

9. Turn On your Clip 3

Turn on the Clip by quickly pressing its Power button.

Picture of the -Power- button on the JBL Clip 3.
The -Power- button on the JBL Clip 3.

The speaker then powers up.

It now has a new Bluetooth name that presumably no other nearby Bluetooth devices know about. So it will not pair with anything. Furthermore, the light that comes on in the power switch denotes this by slowly blinking white.

Picture of the Status lamp glowing white.
The Status lamp glowing white.

10. Start Up Discovery Mode

Now, to see your newly named Clip 3 speaker on your mobile device, place the speaker into Bluetooth discovery mode. Do this by pressing and releasing the Bluetooth button, as shown in the next picture.

Picture of the -Bluetooth- button.
The -Bluetooth- button.

When you press the Bluetooth Discovery Mode button, the speaker makes a repeating single pluck guitar note sound two times. Also, the status light changes from a slow to fast blinking white.

Picture of the Status lamp glowing white.
The Status lamp glowing white.

11. Find your Clip 3 with its New Name on your Mobile Device

We would find our speaker with its new Bluetooth name.

12. Pair with It

Again, note that this is our dream of how this process should work if JBL eventually supports this.

Tap the listed speaker in the Other Devices portion of the Bluetooth devices list.

Your mobile device then pairs with the JBL Clip 3 using its new name.

13. Done !

Perhaps one day, we will successfully change the name of our JBL Clip 3. And then we will  pair it using this new name.

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References for How to Change JBL Clip 3 Name

    1. JBL Clip 3 Official Product Page