# Can I rename "system" user permanently?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-rename-system-user-permanently/14909
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [20.Апрель.2014 14:51:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-rename-system-user-permanently/14909 "2014-04-20T14:51:05Z")
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### Author: ![niemeyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/niemeyer/32/120325_2.png) [@niemeyer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/niemeyer)
#### Post date: [23.Март.2017 17:55:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-rename-system-user-permanently/14909/16 "2017-03-23T17:55:28Z")

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Oi Rafael,

> [@Falco](#):
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> The is a site setting site contact username that allows the automatic messages to come from another user.

Right, that’s the setting I was referring to above.

> [@Falco](#):
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> Renaming the system user isn’t configurable yet, but changing the automatic messages to an active admin of the site solves that need.

It actually is configurable. An administrator can easily rename the system user via the configuration interface. The question is whether there is internal code that still refers to that user by id as indicated earlier in this thread, or if this is now fixed and it’s fine to rename that user.

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