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Forums / Changing my username to n3rdology

Changing my username to n3rdology

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    cancelingexistence14 · Member · Jun 13, 2017 at 4:52 am
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    Hello WordPress support team,

    My name is EP Bear and I have just joined WordPress 2 years ago. I’m trying to change my username to n3rdology and the system keeps saying that the username is already taken. However, when I try to reset the password using the username n3rdology, its saying that the account is deleted, but this is the only account I have. What could be the problem?

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    cancelingexistence14 · Member · Jun 13, 2017 at 5:16 am
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    n3rdology is supposed to be the name of my business.

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    cancelingexistence14 · Member · Jun 13, 2017 at 5:37 am
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    Please do not use n3rdology as your display name or username on this or any other sites without my permission. Thanks in advance.

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    kokkieh · Staff · Jun 14, 2017 at 10:11 am
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    Hi there,

    The username, n3rdology, was registered by someone else already, and they deleted that username when they changed it to something else. Deleted username can never be used again on WordPress.com, so it is not possible for you to register that username.

    There is no way to release it so you will be able to use it – a WordPress.com username can only be used once.

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