Is it possible to change your forum Username?
MarkOlsen
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I created my account on the forum a couple years ago using a name I rarely used anywhere online even then and now I don't use it anywhere except for here, where I cannot seem to change it.
I'd really like to change it to my real name since that's what I use on most of my social media.
Is there any way to change it, or am I forever stuck with the old one? (Or should I just start over and create a new account since this one only has a couple posts tied to it at this point?)
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Monsen
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Hmm. Thought everyone could change that one. Guess I'll need to change it for you then. Just tell me what you need it to be. You might need to log in again after the change.
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Click your profile image in the top right corner and select edit profile.
It lets me edit everything except username - that field is greyed out and appears to be uneditable.
Hmm. Thought everyone could change that one. Guess I'll need to change it for you then. Just tell me what you need it to be. You might need to log in again after the change.
@Monsen When you have a chance can you please change my username to "Mark Olsen?"
Usernames cannot contain spaces (nor question marks). Do you prefer it condensed (MarkOlsen) or with an underscore (Mark_Olsen) or something else?
It used to be possible with spaces in the old forum version, which is why you see some of the older members have that, but this version doesn't allow them to be crated anymore.
Interesting - I thought I had seen people with spaces in their names a?nd that explains why.
Condensed is better, thank you.
There you go.
Thank you!
Welcome to the forums, Mark ?
Oh it's you Mark!
LOL!
Welcome :D
I'm Sue Daniel, but I've been known as Loopysue here for nearly 5 years, so I'll just leave mine as it is.
LOL, hi Sue! Yes, I was in disguise here, but as Dennis DeYoung once sang:
The time has come at last (secret secret I've got a secret)
To throw away this mask (secret secret I've got a secret)
Now everyone can see (secret secret I've got a secret)
My true identity
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