# Change user's displayed name

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193 "2016-07-13T02:15:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-displayed-name/47193/2 "2016-07-13T03:51:20Z")

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Not following, go to the user’s preferences page (non admin page) and change it there.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/6/e697d9c925b5dac7a5d5144582b6bf8da4c90508.png)

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