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Changing Username

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Offline maine516

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Changing Username
« on: August 19, 2015, 05:59:36 AM »
I'd like to change my user name - what is the best way to do that?  I know I can change how the name is displayed in my profile, but I want to actually change the user name itself.  Is there a way to do that without deleting the acct and the acct history data?  Or do I need to just delete the acct and create a new acct and start from scratch.  Thanks.

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Offline BigDevil

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Re: Changing Username
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2015, 07:59:38 AM »
If you want a new username you will have to create a brand new profile
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Offline maine516

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Re: Changing Username
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2015, 03:23:19 AM »
Thanks BD - that's what I thought.  To create a new profile, I do that by registering again, correct?  Then if I want to remove the old username I just go into that profile and choose "delete this account", right?

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Re: Changing Username
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2015, 08:17:51 PM »
Yes you register a new account and then if you want to delete this profile you click on delete. It usually takes awhile for the profile to be deleted.
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Re: Changing Username
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2015, 08:28:48 PM »
Also once you hit delete you get locked out of your account as I recall. So you may want to have the new one going first if you still wish to do stuff on the site that requires an account (like look at profiles ).
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Offline maine516

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Re: Changing Username
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2015, 05:02:02 AM »
Thanks BD and Nutmeg.  That's my plan then - I'll register with the new acct, use that for a while, then delete the old profile.  The current user name is just not one that I prefer using anymore.