Facebook now allows usernames to be changed
It seems after all the warnings from Facebook that once you choose a username for your profile you’re stuck with it forever, Facebook have now quietly added the ability for you to change it.
To change your profile’s username, go to Settings > Account Settings, and next to Username, click Change.
“Choose your new username carefully. You can only change your username once.” it warns.
Annoyingly, it does not allow you to change the formatting of your current username, such as the capitalization of letters or the location of dots. Because capital letters and dots do not make a username unique, when you click “Check Availability” it checks against all current usernames and reports that it’s not available because someone is already using it: you. Hopefully Facebook fixes this issue in the future.
Facebook suggests that when choosing a username you should “make sure it is something you like and that it’s appropriate for friends, family, co-workers, and anyone else who might use it to find you.”
Will you be changing your username?
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Noah
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Phew. Finally, I can post without actually USING FB. Ha!
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Will Robertson
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Thank you for fixing the comments! There were a few times I wanted to comment but couldn’t due to not being able to Facebook Connect. (My hacked version of Google Chrome crashes with popups.. long story)
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I’m an idiot sometimes. I messed-up my name the first time around and thought I’d be stuck with it forever. Now it’s exactly what I wanted! Thanks so much for posting this!
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Fishman
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How can you change the username of a fan page that was setup wrong the 1st time? I cant find it anywhere on the fan page that I am the admin of.
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rania sharaf
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Dear Sir
hi i need yur help
I can’t login to my facebook, because i changed my password last week (exactely on the 23ed of march ) and somehow it never processed.
but when i put in my old one it didn’t work either, so i tried to reset my password
so now I’m essentially locked out of my own facebook. i did contact the help center and they replay by
Re: I did not receive my password reset email?
From: The Facebook Team (info+0vsij0s@support.facebook.com)
Sent: Thu 3/25/10 5:51 PM
To: rania2222@hotmail.com
Hi, Please reply to this email to verify that you are the owner of the account that you referenced in your Facebook support inquiry. This security step must be completed before Facebook can respond to your inquiry. We apologize for any inconvenience.If this email address is not associated with your account, please follow the link below to submit a contact form, and we will look into the issue. Be sure to include the email address listed on your account in the “List of email addresses on your account” field:http://www.facebook.com/help/login.phpThanks,The Facebook Team so
then i did replay to this email ,but still there is no answer ,so i send 8 email until now
but no response
plz i do miss my friends
Regards
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David
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Thank you so much for this information!
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