# Make Full Name accessible in admin view when "enable names" is off

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-full-name-accessible-in-admin-view-when-enable-names-is-off/147781
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-full-name-accessible-in-admin-view-when-enable-names-is-off/147781 "2020-04-13T08:13:23Z")
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### Author: ![dimis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dimis/32/479344_2.png) [@dimis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dimis)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-full-name-accessible-in-admin-view-when-enable-names-is-off/147781/10 "2025-01-08T23:56:30Z")

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i am describing the same problem here with some possible implementations

> [@User Name is not visible to admin if "enable name" is unchecked](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-name-is-not-visible-to-admin-if-enable-name-is-unchecked/346269):
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> hello, on my setup i have set for registration new users to provide their names because some of them they dont mind to show in public their names, but some users do not want their names to show in public. I try to uncheck the “Enable names” for all users but me as an admin i was also not able to view their names on the edit profile ! i upload a screenshot as admin that when i click edit the field is empty ! what i suggest admin to be able to view real name ! ( the users are my clients and i …

for me as a business owner i have to know who is who, but some people even in a closed community, they do not like to show their names, so that leaves me only one option, when a new user sign up i have to send them a message and ask them if for some reason they do not want their names to show in public to let me know to remove it for them but this is not a solution at all…

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