# How to change my username used in this forum?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-my-username-used-in-this-forum/386419
**Category:** Meta Elastic
**Created:** [May 20, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-my-username-used-in-this-forum/386419 "2026-05-20T05:33:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@khteh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/khteh)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-my-username-used-in-this-forum/386419/1 "2026-05-20T05:33:26Z")
How do I change my username? There is no option to do that in account settings.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2026, 6:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-my-username-used-in-this-forum/386419/2 "2026-05-20T06:51:41Z")
If you click on your profile, could you see a small pencil close to your username?
If not, just tell me which username you would like, check that it's available in the search engine.
I will edit it for you.
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### Author:  [@khteh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/khteh)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-my-username-used-in-this-forum/386419/3 "2026-05-20T09:54:56Z")
There is a pencil besides Profile Picture. Not username. Please help me change to khteh Thanks
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-my-username-used-in-this-forum/386419/4 "2026-05-20T09:56:52Z")
Done 😉
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### Author:  [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-change-my-username-used-in-this-forum/386419/6 "2026-05-22T11:02:04Z")
Welcome @brucewilson3. If you let us know what you want to change it to we can help.