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How do I change my Apple Support Communities user name?
Maill.app-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
As this poses a privacy issue and there seems no way to contact Apple for support of it's Community accounts I'm hoping someone here can help. I'd like to change the username created with my account.
Any help would be most appreciated! Thanks.
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?
You cannot change your ASC ID. Whether or not you like it, "No," is the answer.
http://www.apple.com/support/feedback/ - Online Support Feedback - "Use this form to tell us how we can improve our resources on apple.com/support or report any problems you experienced finding online support information or using our tools."
As for the other aspect of this question which you actually revealed in your post to the link I provided:
Change AppleID - https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/ then > Manage Your Account
To continue to change it for iTunes:
Select the iTunes store in iTunes.
Click the account name at top right, sign out then sign back in.
Limnos, it appears that unfortunately there is no answer to this question at this time. I have submitted my feedback, so thank you for that link. I will not be changing my Apple ID.
It did answer the question.
The answer is you can't, you can only start afresh with a new ID and leave your existing account to fade away.
I understand what you're saying, but unfortunately it didn't "solve my question," and it didn't "help me." I need to change my user name. I have taken it up with Apple via other routes.
I left some feedback to Apple Support refering back to this disscusion as well, I too would like to just change my user name not my Apple ID..
Same problem here.
I wanted to change my full name because if you google it, forum apple forum discussions are found ..
Was a bad idea to register with full name instead of pseudonym.
But there is no way to do it as we have seen ..
Yet another reason to allow this. I know this isn't Facebook, but even they allows this.
The excuse that is somehow tied to points , or that those matters is nonsense (Ive gotten advice from nubes,zero points, that saved my bacon ). The hosts can track these names easily through the apple ID they make you use to sign in. It's no big deal and not allowing changes is kind of infantile IMHO. Just like you, the hosts can pull up every post you made. Every single one by the Apple ID alone . Finally , the user name should be aligned with the Apple ID. If you change that name (associated with credit cards charged by apple) there should be no problem aligning it with that name. In fact, it can be discriminatory towards spouses who legally change their name or transgender people who do the same. Starting a new id is ridiculous because you wont be able to associate it with your Apple ID that I know of.
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And no, this is not my real name 😟
Thank you to the hosts for changing my name 🙂 YAAAAAYYY!
I would like my user name changed to my real name: Adam *****, not khs1985a anymore. I have been able to do this to all my other online accounts of now, except Apple.
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darlie, were you able to successfully change your user name without having to delete your apple account and start over with a new name? thanks
Changing my Apple Support Communities user name
