# How do I change my user name? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 27, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616 "2000-10-27T16:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Me\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@Me\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Joe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/1 "2000-10-27T16:30:14Z")
I’m tired of it. I have decided it was a stupid name and I should have given it much more thought before I impulsively picked it out. I tried to modify my profile, but I couldn’t find a way to change my name. Is it possible? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/2 "2000-10-27T16:37:00Z")
If you e-mail [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com) with your request, she can accommodate you. [Edited by UncleBeer on 10-27-2000 at 11:39 AM] ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/3 "2000-10-27T21:23:43Z")
Any administrator can change your name. Let us know what you want it changed to. We can either change your name, or lock your old name and let you have a new one. If you change your name, you keep your post count. Just let us know how you want us to do it. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/4 "2000-10-28T01:39:25Z")
If you change your name, how do we know which one is the old one? Hmmmm, puzzled. Say, we read a message above from Me!!!Joe!!!. How we going to know if thats his old handle or the new one Tuba? ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/5 "2000-10-28T03:56:46Z")
**handy** : The username change doesn’t affect the thread list. You will notice that the thread starter is still “fat angel”. When I see a “How do I change my username?” thread in ATMB I always click on it to see what the OP changed their name to. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/6 "2000-10-28T05:18:29Z")
I just know that whenever I run into him in other threads, I’ll have to refer to him as **Him!! Joe!!!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/7 "2000-10-28T18:30:22Z")
So how come I didn’t keep my post count from orangecakes? eh? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/8 "2000-10-28T22:32:54Z")
Old software, most likely, vanilla. That, or maybe you signed on with a new account? Anyway, the post count is not the most important thing in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/9 "2000-10-29T02:22:20Z")
Says the man with a post count of nearly 5000. When’s that 5000 post party set for, Clogboy? I have to make sure I have enough rum on hand for it. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-user-name/38616/10 "2000-10-29T05:43:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vanilla \* > \*\*So how come I didn’t keep my post count from orangecakes? eh? \*\* Because with the old software, we could only close one name and open another. With the new software, we can actually go in and change usernames.