# How to change my user name

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-to-change-my-user-name/4416>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [April 24, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-to-change-my-user-name/4416 "2022-04-24T23:07:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Haley1988](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc348/32.png) [@Haley1988](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Haley1988)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-to-change-my-user-name/4416/1 "2022-04-24T23:07:32Z")

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How do I change my user name in this community?

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**Author:** ![mapleleaf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/mapleleaf/32/43_2.png) [@mapleleaf](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/mapleleaf)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-to-change-my-user-name/4416/2 "2022-04-25T09:51:40Z")

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You should be able to change under Preferences:  
[https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Haley1988/preferences/account](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Haley1988/preferences/account)

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**Author:** ![kbens0n](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/kbens0n/32/80_2.png) [@kbens0n](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/kbens0n)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:45am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-to-change-my-user-name/4416/3 "2022-04-25T11:45:32Z")

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**Author:** ![Haley1988](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc348/32.png) [@Haley1988](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Haley1988)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-to-change-my-user-name/4416/4 "2022-04-25T23:33:15Z")

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Under preferences, I did not find any way to edit my user name. It must be easy to do, but I am at a loss. I set up my account last year, but somehow put in an untended user name. Apparently I will have to delete my account and start over.

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**Author:** ![TomH](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/tomh/32/30_2.png) [@TomH](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/TomH)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/how-to-change-my-user-name/4416/6 "2022-04-27T14:18:10Z")

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