# Forum Username Changes

**URL:** <https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224 "2020-06-10T19:05:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![RespiteSage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/respitesage/32/793_2.png) [@RespiteSage](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/RespiteSage)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224/1 "2020-06-10T19:05:44Z")

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I’m currently changing my username/handle on most of my online presence, and I can’t find a way to change my forum username. If that’s possible to provide, I’d appreciate it.

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**Author:** ![jhass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/jhass/32/1779_2.png) [@jhass](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/jhass)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224/2 "2020-06-10T19:15:20Z")

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You should have a little pencil next to it on [https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/kinxer/preferences/account](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/kinxer/preferences/account)

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**Author:** ![RespiteSage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/respitesage/32/793_2.png) [@RespiteSage](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/RespiteSage)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224/3 "2020-06-10T19:24:44Z")

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This is what I’m seeing:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/crystal_lang/original/1X/339a1dae713cd4391fffa0e295d71c7ac7abd5a6.png)

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**Author:** ![jhass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/jhass/32/1779_2.png) [@jhass](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/jhass)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224/4 "2020-06-10T19:45:12Z")

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Mmh, okay maybe it’s only there for me :D I can change it for you if you want, you just need to tell what to :)

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**Author:** ![RespiteSage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/respitesage/32/793_2.png) [@RespiteSage](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/RespiteSage)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224/5 "2020-06-10T19:46:59Z")

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Sure. I’ll PM you (since this is no longer publicly relevant). Thank you for your help. :)

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**Author:** ![da1nerd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/da1nerd/32/960_2.png) [@da1nerd](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/da1nerd)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224/6 "2020-06-11T08:39:40Z")

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The one thing holding me back from a global username change is Github. it just sounds messy.

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**Author:** ![jhass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/jhass/32/1779_2.png) [@jhass](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/jhass)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224/7 "2020-06-11T08:53:20Z")

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Why so? Github keeps redirects from your old username.

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**Author:** ![da1nerd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/da1nerd/32/960_2.png) [@da1nerd](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/da1nerd)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/forum-username-changes/2224/8 "2020-06-11T14:41:42Z")

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@ tags won’t update or work though. And someone could reuse your old name. It’s probably not as big of a deal as I have it in my mind, but it just feels like a loose end.