# Reserved usernames programmably?

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 13, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-programmably/278906 "2023-09-13T17:05:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reserved-usernames-programmably/278906/2 "2023-09-13T17:23:25Z")

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I believe this can be done in the rails console and I think I have an idea of how. But if you are new to working in rails console and are unfamiliar with it, I would suggest learning a bit more about it before doing something like this. Mistakes in rails console can break your forum. For what it’s worth, likely better off doing it manually in the admin UI.

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