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Stuck on login screen after changing my user name

i think i missed few steps when i am changing my username. I thought my new username and full name and home folder names are mismatched. Because of that i stuck on login screen after the restart. It is same on safe mode start up. What to do?

MacBook Pro 13″

Posted on Sep 14, 2023 10:57 PM

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Posted on Sep 15, 2023 7:54 AM

If you have another administrator account on your Mac, you can change the user name from that side:

Change the name of your macOS user account and home folder - Apple Support

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Stuck on login screen after changing my user name

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