# Username Not Available when signing up twice, first incompletely

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-not-available-when-signing-up-twice-first-incompletely/90452>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 22, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-not-available-when-signing-up-twice-first-incompletely/90452 "2018-06-22T05:09:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-not-available-when-signing-up-twice-first-incompletely/90452/10 "2018-06-22T07:55:06Z")

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> [@itsbhanusharma](#):
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> I can probably confirm what happens! … After the period you’ve stated in : `purge_unactivated_users_grace_period_days`  
> the username should become available again.

Yes, this is as designed, and the above is true. The default for that setting is 14 days though.

Your workaround is simply to complete the login via GitHub.

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