---
title: Use your own bot account
description: Send bot messages from your own Twitch account instead of TipPageBot - a TipPage+ feature.
---

By default the bot speaks as **TipPageBot**. With [TipPage+](/tippage-plus) you can link a Twitch account of your own - `YourNameBot` - and every bot message in your chat comes from it instead. Commands, announcements, everything else works exactly the same.

## Before you start

You need a **separate Twitch account** for the bot. It can't be your streaming account (we'll reject that), and one bot account can only serve one channel.

1. **Open the Chat bot page**

    In the **Bot status** panel, find the **Custom bot account** row and click **Connect custom bot**. (Not on TipPage+? You'll see an unlock button instead.)

2. **Switch accounts on Twitch**

    This is the step that catches people: Twitch connects **whichever account your browser is signed into**. On the Twitch page, click **Not you?** and sign in with the bot account - not your streaming account. The dashboard walks you through this before sending you over.

3. **Authorise**

    Approve the permissions (they let the account send chat messages as a bot) and you're returned to the dashboard with the bot connected.

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:::note[Common errors]
- **"That was your streaming account"** - you authorised while signed in as yourself. Go again, and use **Not you?** on the Twitch page.
- **Bot already linked** - that account is already the custom bot for another channel. One bot account, one channel.
:::

Give the new bot account a mod too: `/mod YourBotName`.

## Disconnecting

**Disconnect bot** in the same panel reverts everything to TipPageBot instantly. If your TipPage+ lapses, the custom bot switches off with it.