# Locking the Display Name

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/locking-the-display-name/71596>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [7 Octubre, 2017 16:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locking-the-display-name/71596 "2017-10-07T16:39:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@arwen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/arwen)\
**Post date:** [18 Diciembre, 2017 20:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/locking-the-display-name/71596/4 "2017-12-18T20:13:14Z")

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I ended up using custom CSS to remove the display name pane from a user’s preferences panel.

```
div.control-group.pref-name
{
    visibility: hidden;
    display: none;
}

```

It can still be edited by admins/moderators in the Admin panel when administering a user.

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