# Change username?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-username/186575>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 22, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-username/186575 "2006-04-22T14:52:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rhamej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@rhamej](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rhamej)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-username/186575/1 "2006-04-22T14:52:32Z")

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I got a PM from [FONT=monospace][/FONT]sudhanshu saying he wants to change his user name. Whats the policy on that?

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-username/186575/2 "2006-04-22T15:10:17Z")

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The user must put “formerly known as \<old name\>” somewhere in their usertitle or signature for 2 weeks.

:ub:

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**Author:** ![rhamej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@rhamej](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rhamej)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-username/186575/3 "2006-04-22T15:24:57Z")

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Do I change the name? Or is that something you do?

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**Author:** ![claudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@claudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claudio)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-username/186575/4 "2006-04-22T15:54:17Z")

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You can do that.

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**Author:** ![Voetsjoeba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-username/186575/5 "2006-04-22T16:38:03Z")

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> [@kirupa](#):
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> The user must put “formerly known as \<old name=”“\>” somewhere in their usertitle or signature for 2 weeks.
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2 weeks ? Didn’t it use to be 3 months ? 😛  
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/change-username/186575/6 "2006-04-22T16:42:16Z")

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Oh was it? I have no idea. If you already informed the user with the 2 weeks number, don’t worry about it rhamej. If you haven’t, three months is the new old number :hugegrin: