# Personalize Your Anonymous Username
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/personalize-your-anonymous-username/344769
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 29, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personalize-your-anonymous-username/344769 "2024-12-29T17:13:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personalize-your-anonymous-username/344769/1 "2024-12-29T17:13:20Z")
Is it possible to randomize the usernames for anonymous users? Right now, it’s just like @anonymous9, @anonymous1, @anonymous2, and so on. Can we randomize the usernames from a predefined list? Or maybe, when someone goes anonymous, they get a pop-up to add a desired username with a prefix or suffix—something like ann-desiredusername or something similar?
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personalize-your-anonymous-username/344769/2 "2024-12-30T04:29:10Z")
Hmm… I don’t think this is possible.
But you may want to check out this plugin, as I think it’s almost what you’re looking for:
> [@Discourse Staff Alias](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-staff-alias/156202):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Staff Alias allows set groups to create topics and posts, as well as make edits, as an alias user.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-staff-alias](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-staff-alias)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) The [Discourse Staff Alias](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-staff-alias/156202/1) plugin allows certain groups to create topics and posts, as well as make edits, as an alias user. This can be useful in situations where staff members need to respond to que…
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### Author:  [@MihirR](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MihirR)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personalize-your-anonymous-username/344769/3 "2024-12-30T09:47:39Z")
That does not really solve it :((
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personalize-your-anonymous-username/344769/4 "2024-12-31T03:53:12Z")
In this case, admins can post as another user, with any username you want, and it hides the identity of the admin to regular users.
Is this what you’re looking for? Or maybe I misunderstood.
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/personalize-your-anonymous-username/344769/5 "2024-12-31T12:26:50Z")
> [@MihirR](#):
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> when someone goes anonymous, they get a pop-up to add a desired username with a prefix or suffix—something like ann-desiredusername or something similar?
What’s the purpose/use case? What a user would want to achieve when using this feature?