Changing my username

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  jmel098 · Member · Feb 23, 2019 at 2:35 am

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  Someone registered with wordpress.com four years ago using my email by accident (I was an early gmail adopter and it happens all the time). I went to sign up here and since I the email was already registered I just changed everything for my own purposes. All that’s left is the username @jmel098, which I can’t figure out how to change. Could I get that reset? Thanks!

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  staff-arya · Staff · Feb 23, 2019 at 4:52 am

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  Hi there,

  For changing username, please follow the instructions in the link below:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/#change-username

  Please note that, once you change your username you will not be able to change it back and the old name will not be available for you or anyone to use. If you just want to show your name differently please only change your Display Name.

  If you want to change your display name instead, you can follow the instructions in the link below:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/change-your-username/#change-display-name-nickname

  Hope this helps!