# 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:** ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/username-not-available-when-signing-up-twice-first-incompletely/90452/4 "2018-06-22T05:22:02Z")

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> [@balibebas](#):
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> It’s not clear that will actually happen.

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.

> [@balibebas](#):
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> Log-in flows are complex by nature. It could be reduced with loss of detail.

I still don’t understand how much rare it would be for someone to all of a sudden ditch social sign in and start the registration flow again.

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