# Change my username on this forum **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [August 25, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658 "2020-08-25T15:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SuperMerabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SuperMerabh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/SuperMerabh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/1 "2020-08-25T15:42:20Z")
Hello, I really want to change my username on this forum but I don’t seem to be able to on my profile, can someone help me with that please? ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/2 "2020-08-25T15:49:32Z")
![Screen Shot 2020-08-25 at 11.47.21 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/7/768d38fe26d0bffeb8300e2599f6a0c6503fd414.png) ---
**Author:** ![SuperMerabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SuperMerabh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/SuperMerabh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/3 "2020-08-25T15:50:33Z")
I went to that page but the username is not changeable 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/4 "2020-08-25T15:52:20Z")
Ah, so right! Sorry! I actually want to change mine too. I think we have to create a new account which is inconvenient. @Mark can you tell us please? I need to do this too. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/5 "2020-08-25T15:55:12Z")
Not a definitive answer, but maybe not because user names can be tagged in all kinds of posts and it would break those tags. > [@Do you know if I can always change my username?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/do-you-know-if-i-can-always-change-my-username/8104/2): > > I’m going to guess that you can’t, especially once your username is references in other posts. You can change your full name, so that will show if someone clicks on your profile. ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/6 "2020-08-25T15:57:32Z")
@SuperMerabh it looks like you and I have to disappear from this community and reappear with new aliases. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![SuperMerabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SuperMerabh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/SuperMerabh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/7 "2020-08-25T15:59:14Z")
That’s not so good. Surely each user has a unique id and you are not dependent on the actual username? ---
**Author:** ![Deena](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/deena/32/9877_2.png) [@Deena](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Deena)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/8 "2020-08-25T15:59:55Z")
We can wait for @Mark to give us a definitive reply. Maybe they can handle this offline in the backend upon “special request”. ---
**Author:** ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/9 "2020-08-25T16:40:34Z")
I will look into this later today ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/10 "2020-08-25T16:40:35Z")
> **[User has no option to change username?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-has-no-option-to-change-username/62451/6)** > > Amongst a score of settings you’ll find if you search for “username” is username change period It’s generally a Bad Idea to change usernames. If it’s changed, previous referrals to that user break. That’s why it’s so short. Here’s the discussion on Discourse’s Meta forum with the founder Jeff Atwood also jumping in. ---
**Author:** ![JackVaughan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jackvaughan/32/49023_2.png) [@JackVaughan](https://community.glideapps.com/u/JackVaughan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/11 "2020-08-25T18:54:43Z")
Hey @SuperMerabh can you please direct message me on here with your new username that you want. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![SuperMerabh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8491ac/32.png) [@SuperMerabh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/SuperMerabh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/change-my-username-on-this-forum/14658/12 "2020-08-25T19:06:32Z")
Done 😄🙏🌈