# Can I change my "Profile" name?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-profile-name/239111>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 9, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-profile-name/239111 "2004-04-09T03:22:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Bret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-profile-name/239111/1 "2004-04-09T03:22:26Z")

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Just as the title asks. Can I change my “Profile” name? I’m considering something a little more unique. I want to make sure I get it right before I’m locked in for a year after I pay my fee.

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-my-profile-name/239111/2 "2004-04-09T04:16:23Z")

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Tubadiva outlined the process here:

> **[Nother name change thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246989)**
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> This thread is intended as a registry for those who decided, like me, that while subscribing to SDMB to go ahead and change their username while they were at it. I hadn’t liked my username in a long time, and this was just the push I needed to...