# Provide option to choose showing full names in chat

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-option-to-choose-showing-full-names-in-chat/269487>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** chat, completed\
**Created:** [June 24, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-option-to-choose-showing-full-names-in-chat/269487 "2023-06-24T03:52:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![jordan-violet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan-violet/32/281428_2.png) [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/provide-option-to-choose-showing-full-names-in-chat/269487/3 "2023-06-24T17:05:34Z")

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> [@Lilly](#):
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> in admin - settings, you need to have `enable_names` and `display_name_on_posts` enabled (checked) and then make sure `prioritize_username_in_ux` is disabled (unchecked). note that this also puts their full name in posts and user card and profile. you can see this in the Meta chat which shows full names 🙂

All of the above is already done (double checked to be sure), but chat still shows usernames and not full names:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/0/a/00af0ec4e748bc4f5a659bee7c3c3210de13550e.png)

I wonder if it has anything to do with the custom theme we have from Discourse.

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