# Setting Minimum Username Length for New Users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-minimum-username-length-for-new-users/331345>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 17, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-minimum-username-length-for-new-users/331345 "2024-10-17T11:58:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![copymonopoly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@copymonopoly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/copymonopoly)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-minimum-username-length-for-new-users/331345/3 "2024-10-17T14:51:38Z")

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My goal is to distinguish between old and new users. I would like old users to have usernames with fewer than 4 characters, while new users should not have usernames shorter than 4 characters. In other words, I want to set the minimum username length for new user registrations to 4, while ensuring that existing users can retain usernames with a minimum length of 3.Could anyone please advise me on how to achieve this? Thank you for your help!

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