# Renaming users - YAY or NAY?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-users-yay-or-nay/74481>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [Novembro 21, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-users-yay-or-nay/74481 "2017-11-21T04:53:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biscuit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/biscuit/32/94482_2.png) [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)\
**Post date:** [Novembro 21, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/renaming-users-yay-or-nay/74481/1 "2017-11-21T04:53:47Z")

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Discourse offers the ability to rename user accounts.

Older threads mention that this break links and post history.

What’s the current status of this? Is it still discouraged and what are the impacts now?

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