# Add 'stop impersonating' link to user avatar dropdown when impersonating

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-stop-impersonating-link-to-user-avatar-dropdown-when-impersonating/13806
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed, impersonate
**Created:** [March 17, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-stop-impersonating-link-to-user-avatar-dropdown-when-impersonating/13806 "2014-03-17T16:35:33Z")
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### Author: ![incapaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/incapaz/32/175057_2.png) [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-stop-impersonating-link-to-user-avatar-dropdown-when-impersonating/13806/25 "2021-01-01T11:38:13Z")

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Just ended up needing this today. I use the impersonate feature to post category guidelines, or other pinned topics or replies in them under the @system account. What I currently do is post them under mine, then change ownership to @system, but what if someone has the topic set to watching, then they would see that it was me. I’m not necessarily trying to be anonymous when posting these, although, I just don’t want those posts under my name. I could make an alt whose purpose is to post these, although I would have to log in from a private window each time, which is bad ux.

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