# Change username through API?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-username-through-api/82500>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [March 8, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-username-through-api/82500 "2018-03-08T10:32:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-username-through-api/82500/2 "2018-03-08T13:48:09Z")

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If everyone works for the company, the usual solution is to use sso. They way they can’t create the wrong username.

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