# Wish I could edit a user's full name from admin
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 19, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506 "2015-03-19T02:52:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/1 "2015-03-19T02:52:48Z")
Related to [Change full name in profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-full-name-in-profile/13696):
> [@lbergnehr](#):
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> I can’t seem to find how, if possible, to edit the full name though. Is that possible, and if not, for what reasons?
At the moment, in order adjust many users to meet new requirements, I need to visit the Admin page to set a title, and the user’s page (as admin) to edit their full name.
I’d love to see Full Name on the admin page, and editable, please.
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/2 "2015-03-25T11:20:02Z")
Is there a reason not to allow this? I ask because having to juggle back forth is quite tedious.
> [@Error when trying to view an email from a user's preference page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-trying-to-view-an-email-from-a-users-preference-page/26724/7):
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> click Show Public Profile
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/3 "2015-09-23T04:20:59Z")
Almost Fixed [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-name-not-displayed-on-profile/32675/14) for Discourse 1.4.
Also related… [Adding the ability to send password reset emails from the admin page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-ability-to-send-password-reset-emails-from-the-admin-page-of-a-user/33538/4)
And how we simply can’t see these settings [if a user is de-activated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deactivating-a-user-prevents-the-admin-from-seeing-its-settings/32620)
Would love never have to visit the user’s side again…
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/4 "2016-02-14T21:20:51Z")
This request:
> [@I'm looking for a way to change user's email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/im-looking-for-a-way-to-change-users-email/39563):
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> Hi, I’m looking for a way to change user’s email. I know that it’s not possible through dashboard. I was searching to find anything about editing users’ accounts through command shell. But I found nothing. Theoretically it is possible. Has anyone any idea how to do it?
shouldn’t be so hard
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### Author:  [@Owen\_Smithyman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Owen_Smithyman)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/5 "2016-11-30T23:19:47Z")
> [@watchmanmonitor](#):
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> I’d love to see Full Name on the admin page, and editable, please.
Did this ever happen? I need to edit users’ full names. I can’t even edit my own full name! “Enable names” is enabled.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/6 "2016-11-30T23:22:21Z")
You can, edit it from your regular user page.
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/7 "2016-11-30T23:31:08Z")
Why not in the admin side, where we already are?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/8 "2016-12-01T00:54:00Z")
Feel free to submit a PR if you wish to change it.
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### Author:  [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/9 "2017-05-05T04:40:38Z")
This has been carried out [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-a-users-name-from-the-admin-page/59425) via [this PR](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/4770) Thank you @nbianca
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wish-i-could-edit-a-users-full-name-from-admin/26506/10 "2017-05-05T04:55:04Z")