# Random usernames?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-usernames/412934
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 21, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-usernames/412934 "2026-09-21T16:25:56Z")
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### Author: ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-usernames/412934/11 "2026-09-21T17:34:50Z")

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We’re about to switch the random usernames feature to default off in the next few hours, @keegan has a PR up that he will merge soon.

Note that the words used in username generation are configurable, so for a French community, you could use French words there if you would like to keep the feature.

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