# User Name is not visible to admin if "enable name" is unchecked

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-name-is-not-visible-to-admin-if-enable-name-is-unchecked/346269
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [January 8, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-name-is-not-visible-to-admin-if-enable-name-is-unchecked/346269 "2025-01-08T23:41:02Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-name-is-not-visible-to-admin-if-enable-name-is-unchecked/346269/3 "2025-07-02T15:27:34Z")

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> [@dimis](#):
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> admin to be able to view real name

This is now possible

> [@Disabling "enable names" makes admin act strange](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-enable-names-makes-admin-act-strange/291912/57):
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> PR was merged, and the original bug reported in this topic is fixed. We can open an additional #Feature topic to discuss how the enable\_names setting should behave. This PR only fixed the original bug when the admin could not edit the full name. When SiteSetting.enable\_names is disabled, neither moderators nor users will see names. Like you suggested, we might need additional settings for that.

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