# Change a user's name from the admin page?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-a-users-name-from-the-admin-page/59425>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2017年三月18日 16:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-a-users-name-from-the-admin-page/59425 "2017-03-18T16:52:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![watchmanmonitor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/watchmanmonitor/32/430970_2.png) [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\
**Post date:** [2017年三月18日 21:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-a-users-name-from-the-admin-page/59425/3 "2017-03-18T21:00:44Z")

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I don’t see why an admin should have to go back and forth at all. It’s a major time-suck.

Especially when I have to fix an email address for them.. but that’s better described here:

> [@Allow admins to change email addresses easily](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-admins-to-change-email-addresses-easily/33753):
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> Current setup: Site is locked down for members to be invited or request access. We don’t want people changing their own email address, so the related email change site-setting is disabled. Of course, sometimes an admin must. ###Expectation: go to the user’s admin page, see the email, and edit it, potentially have that pending confirmation of the new email. sunny ###Actual visit the admin page click a button to see what it is. there’s no way to edit it Click Show Public Profile,…

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