How do I change my apple community name?

junaidjabbar wrote:

You are unable to change your username on Apple Support Communities, once you have created an account.The only way around this would be to create another Apple ID, and then you would be able to create a new Apple Support Communities account and pick a username of your choice.

That is not entirely correct. While the end user can't change the user name, the Hosts (Apple employees who manage the forums) can do so under some circumstances. It doesn't hurt to ask. The user who started this thread has had their username changed by the Hosts to the one they requested. They did not need to start a new account.

And it looks like it worked!

I passed it on.

Someone here with reporting privileges has to notify a moderator and, yes, they use email to contact you. As another end user, I have no way to know if there are alternate contact methods used, just that changing is not self-serve.

The current system exists because, at one time, people were changing names daily and causing a great deal fo confusion here, including using the ability to change to abuse other members. A handful of people made life difficult or everyone.

I will notify the mods of your questions and you can see if that works out.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

And it looks like it worked!

Actually, I think someone already had and I didn't read the post carefully.... Need more coffee.

Hello ~ I have passed along your request to our hosts.

~Katana-San~

I am an end user and can only relay messages. I can't fix, but have sent a second note to the mods. If you do not want to set up email yet, I have no idea what options they have to work with you.

As there are an estimated 3 million English-speaking users of these forums world-wide, many short names are already taken.

That's all I can do here.

Hello~ I have contacted our hosts for you and you should expect an email. Take care!

~Katana-San~

I passed on your request.

I’ve passed your request to the hosts

Hello~ I have passed your request on…

~Katana-San~

iNoob TownGaming wrote:

How can one contact the hosts? I need a name change as well 😆

I’ll submit a request for you, and the hosts should contact you.

Amazing, thank you!

I've reported your requests to the Hosts.