# How can I change my Username?

**URL:** <https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/how-can-i-change-my-username/5773>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [July 10, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/how-can-i-change-my-username/5773 "2021-07-10T20:14:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![bagofdragonite](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/bagofdragonite/32/2049_2.png) [@bagofdragonite](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/bagofdragonite)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/how-can-i-change-my-username/5773/1 "2021-07-10T20:14:31Z")

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I am wanting to change my username as the name “bagofdragonite” is my artist name for an older set of projects and I’ve recently began to make music under a new name. I noticed no option for this in my settings.

However I did attempt to make a new account and noticed that there is an editable username option under the new profile. I’m wondering why this option doesn’t appear on my “bagofdragonite” account? Is this a new option that is unsupported for older accounts or is there a way I can change the username of this account without starting fresh?

Here’s photos illustrating the issue better:

My bagofdragonite account settings:

 ![Screen Shot 2021-07-10 at 3.15.08 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/sonic_pi/original/2X/1/13ae0d34c08434c474b22156ec07a172d1a5eeee.png)

A new test account’s settings (notice the edit option beside the username):

 ![Screen Shot 2021-07-10 at 3.16.53 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/sonic_pi/original/2X/2/21094d081256434379d04f8f2ce0bddd6776a5ca.png)

If what I’m asking for is not possible it’s okay… just would prefer to use my original email and not start fresh.

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**Author:** ![ethancrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/how-can-i-change-my-username/5773/2 "2021-07-11T00:44:51Z")

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It looks like the reason your new test account has an edit username option, and your existing account does not, is a forum setting preventing users from changing their username once the account is past a certain age. (Your test account is fairly new, hence the rename option is still available).

Once upon a time renaming your account was discouraged, as it would break things like the user tag @ references - hence the small window to allow account renaming, to minimise any potential breakage.

However, according to a comment on the discourse meta discussion forum, this may be less of an issue after they made some changes a little while ago.

In any case, this setting is not applicable to moderators, so one of us can easily make the change for you. Would you like ‘Doffu’ with a capitalised letter, or all lowercase?  
We will also remove your test account, assuming you’re happy with that.

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**Author:** ![bagofdragonite](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/bagofdragonite/32/2049_2.png) [@bagofdragonite](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/bagofdragonite)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/how-can-i-change-my-username/5773/3 "2021-07-11T06:11:32Z")

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Okay I’m good with that. Can you change the username to capitalized: DOFFU.

And you can remove the test account. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![anonymous4991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@anonymous4991](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/anonymous4991)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/how-can-i-change-my-username/5773/4 "2023-02-14T18:25:21Z")

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Hi all.

This option does not appear here.

![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/sonic_pi/original/2X/7/7832f1a1c5ab0d105fcd3f7069c88f8e19842831.png)

why???