# Disabling full name changes

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-full-name-changes/53944
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-full-name-changes/53944 "2016-12-07T23:32:54Z")
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### Author: ![weallwegot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/weallwegot/32/124753_2.png) [@weallwegot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/weallwegot)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-full-name-changes/53944/11 "2021-04-16T06:06:00Z")

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I think the template is referring to this [part of the codebase](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/preferences/account.hbs)

This portion specifies the action that gets taken when someone clicks on the big pencil for editing the avatar.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/42f6c9b6b9db81e2a6a9ca45e76f067980525f67/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/preferences/account.hbs#L24>

& here is the [action associated with the `showAvatarSelector`](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/dc6b547ed89f652b5406489d76140b76cf8e0d1d/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/preferences-account.js#L36) that could be replaced if you wanted to customize.

Hope this helps!

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