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Just Rename Me

In case you decide to rename yourself on the web.

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Bugzilla@Mozilla

"Real name" easy

Instructions
Go to Preferences, then Account, then Your real name. Don’t forget to click Submit Changes on the bottom of the page afterwards.

Username impossible

Instructions
There’s no documented way to change your username.

Email easy

Instructions
Go to Preferences, then Account, then New email address. Don’t forget to click Submit Changes on the bottom of the page afterwards.

Discord

Display name easy

Instructions
Go to User Settings, then My Account, then Edit in the Display Name section.

Username easy

Instructions
Go to User Settings, then My Account, then Edit in the Username section.

Email medium

Instructions

Go to User Settings, then My Account, then Edit in the Email section.

You need to have access to the old mailbox for verification.

Genius

Username easy

Instructions
Go to your profile, then Edit under your handle, then Edit User Profile, then Username.

Email easy

Instructions
Go to your profile, then Edit under your handle, then Edit User Profile, then Change email.

GitHub

Name easy

Instructions
Go to Settings, then Public profile, then Name. Don’t forget to click Update profile futher down the page afterwards.

Username easy

Instructions
Go to Settings, then Account, then Change username.

Email medium

Instructions
  1. Go to Settings, then Emails in the Access section.
  2. Add your new email via Add email address.
  3. Verify your email via the link in the letter.
  4. Set your email as the primary in the Primary email address section.
  5. Remove your old email from the list.

GitLab.com

Name easy

Instructions
Go to Preferences, then Profile, then Full name in the Main settings section. Don’t forget to click Update profile settings on the bottom of the page afterwards.

Username easy

Instructions
Go to Preferences, then Account, then Path in the Change username section.

Email easy

Instructions
Go to Preferences, then Profile, then Email in the Main settings section. Don’t forget to click Update profile settings on the bottom of the page afterwards.

Google

Name easy

Instructions
Go to Manage your Google Account, then Personal info, then your name in the Basic info section.

Gmail address impossible

Instructions
You can’t change your Gmail address unless you registered it through your employer or educational institution.

Secondary emails easy

Instructions
Go to Manage your Google Account, then Personal info, then your email in the Contact info section, then whichever type of email you want to change.

Hacker News

Username hard

Instructions
You can’t change your username without emailing the support.

Email easy

Instructions
Go to your profile, then email.

Internet Archive

Screen name easy

Instructions
Go to Account settings, then Change screenname. Don’t forget to click Save changes at the top of the page afterwards.

Username impossible

Instructions
There’s no way to change your username other than by creating a new account.

Email hard

Instructions

Go to Account settings, then Change email. Don’t forget to click Save changes at the top of the page afterwards.

Except that doesn’t actually change it but effectively creates a new account with none of the uploads, leaving the original intact. In order to also transfer everything and get rid of the old account, you need to email the support.

Microsoft

Name easy

Instructions
Go to My Microsoft account, then Your info, then Full name.

Email easy

Instructions
Go to My Microsoft account, then Your info, then Edit account info in the Account info section.

Neocities

Site title medium

Instructions
The title of your site is linked to the title of the index page, so in order to change it, you need to edit the markup.

Site name easy

Instructions
Go to Settings, then Sites, then Manage Site Settings near the site you want to change the name of in the Your Sites section, then Rename.

Email easy

Instructions
Go to Settings, then Email, then Change Email.

npm

Name easy

Instructions
Go to Account Settings, then Full Name in the Profile section.

Username impossible

Instructions
There’s no way to change your username other than by creating a new account.

Email easy

Instructions
Go to Account Settings, then Change email in the Email & Password section.

Telegram

Name easy

Instructions
Go to Settings, then Edit profile, then Your name.

Username easy

Instructions
Go to Settings, then Edit profile, then Username.

Whyp

Username easy

Instructions
Go to Settings, then Account, then Username.

Short profile URL easy

Instructions
Go to Settings, then Profile, then Short Profile URL.

Wikipedia

Signature easy

Instructions
Go to Preferences, then User profile, then Signature.

Username medium

Instructions

Follow the link and make a username change request, specifying the reason. Make sure to read the rules before actually doing it.

The request make take a few hours to process and can be declined if your account has been unused until now.

Email easy

Instructions
Go to Preferences, then User profile, then Change or remove email address in the Email options section.

YouTube

Name easy

Instructions
Go to YouTube Studio, then Customization, then Branding, then Name. Don’t forget to click Publish afterwards.

Handle easy

Instructions
Go to YouTube Studio, then Customization, then Branding, then Handle. Don’t forget to click Publish afterwards.
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