A Name Tag in CS2 lets you rename any weapon or skin once: open your inventory, select the item, choose "Rename" and type a new name of up to 20 characters. The tag is consumed when you apply it, and a Name Tag costs about $4 on the LIS-SKINS market. Name tags were added in August 2013, back in CS:GO, and carried over to CS2 with the same mechanics.
Alongside skins, stickers and agents, a name tag is one of the simplest ways to make a weapon your own. Below we cover how the tag works, the naming rules and how to remove it.
What a Name Tag Is
A name tag is an inexpensive item that replaces the name of an item (a skin or a default weapon) with any name you choose. It can be used only once, on one item. If you later decide to restore the original name, the tag is simply gone. You can buy name tags in the CS2 in-game store or on the market.
Name tags used to offer one more trick: localization tokens in the name could add special characters and colored text in the language of the game client. Valve closed that loophole several years ago.
How to Apply a Name Tag
To rename a weapon, open your inventory, pick the item you want to rename, apply the tag and enter the new name. It has to follow these rules:
no longer than 20 characters;
no offensive language;
no disallowed special characters.
Latin letters and basic punctuation are allowed. You can also use the "|" character to make your custom name look like a real skin name. The new name appears in quotation marks in your inventory and in the buy menu, and it stays on the item when you sell or trade it, so the next owner gets the weapon with your name.
How to Remove a Name Tag
If you get tired of the custom name, removing it is easy: choose "Rename" in the item menu and then the option to remove the name. As mentioned above, the tag itself is destroyed, so a new name will need another tag.
StatTrak skins deserve a separate note. Renaming or removing a tag does not reset the kill counter, but the word "StatTrak" disappears from the item name until the tag is removed. Moving the counter itself to another weapon is done with a separate tool, covered in our StatTrak Swap Tool guide.
Name tags can be used to make a joke, lift your team's spirits or confuse the enemy. And if you want to add new skins to your collection, browse the LIS-SKINS catalog and our guide on how to choose a skin in CS2.
