Change Apple Support User Name

tt2:

1) You may not have noticed but the "solution" to this community question is that "you can't" change your username. Why would I ask to do something that "you can't" do?

2) I have already posted requesting host assistance. Contact with Host Request Its interesting I get a response to my reply to a 6 year old thread before I get a response to my request for help.

3) I obviously have a concern with my username. I am not going to explain in public why its a concern -- that kinda would defeat the purpose lol 🙂

jjg

I have reported this message to our Hosts

I reported the other thread as well

You need to wait until "your number comes up" for the Hosts to contact you

There is a good reason for a member not being able to change their own username - for example

I I were to suddenly change my username to Rumplestiltskin, everyone that knew me - and my posts - by ChitlinsCC would not be able to

1. find my profile to look at my content/activity - it is all under a "directory" in the information architecture
   ChitlinsCC > https://discussions.apple.com/people/ChitlinsCC
2. search for my content since posts by ChitlinsCC effectively no longer exists in the Content database

I wasn't aware of your other thread. I haven't seen it, but it seems to have been removed.

Changing your own user name is not something you can do yourself, and that is unlikely to change. I thought perhaps that is what you might have been calling for, which is why I asked for clarification.

I will report your request to the moderators who hopefully will reach out to you. Note that when this thread was started changing the username associated with a user was much more difficult than it is now and therefore it was only done in exceptional circumstances. Several changes in the back end software have made it easier to do, but it still isn't a user controlled option like changing an avatar.

tt2

CCC and tt2: Thanks for the help. Idk whats going on with the other thread -- its says "content added but must be approved by a mod"?? In any event, can you confirm it's in the queue and I'll get a pm? Thanks again.

You can't.

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This does not resolve the issue, nor does it answer the question. "You can't" is unacceptable. How can I change my Apple Support Communities user name?

i agree, richard; unfortunately i'll bet that Apple does not.

Which is rediculous, because I can't even provide feedback to them about this, because there is no such subject or department. It's not like they monitor these forums either.

i suppose you could call AppleCare and voice your wish to be able to change your username here, or you could use one of the product feedback forms at apple.com/feedback and just say, "this isn't actually about the Mac Pro, but you don't provide a feedback form for Apple Support Forums, so i'm writing it here; please forward this to whomever may be able to take action on it," or words to that effect.

sometimes you have to creatively work around bureaucratically-imposed limitations. 😉

I tried that, but there is literally no team or department to forward me to! Amazing. I went the feedback form route. We'll see what happens.

oh yeah, i didn't figure there would be; i'd just tell the AppleCare rep what you want Apple to know and ask them to forward it to...whomever. but i've also read the reps have very limited capabilities by design, and i don't know for a fact that they'd even be able to communicate anything to Apple that way. it's a nice thought, though.

i'd like the feedback form approach to work - i think i may have used that one myself for this issue - but i wouldn't hold my breath.

The more people who mention it, the better. 2 people might equal 2,000 people statistically speaking: considering total population and sample size.

Did you have any luck?

I'd like to do the same - would you let me know who you contacted as I'd like to follow it up as well.

I can't believe you have to lose your whole account just to make a minor change in a username.