Reuse username

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  mariusch01 · Member · Jul 22, 2020 at 12:16 pm

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  Hi

  Recently, I changed my username because I wanted to register my employee account and use my previous username. When I try to create an account, I get the following message: “Sorry, that username already exists! If this is you log in now.” but when I try to log in with that username, I get the message: “This account has been closed. If you believe your account was closed in error, please contact us.”

  Is there a way to reuse my old username?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 22, 2020 at 11:28 pm

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  Deleted usernames cannot be re-used.

  When the account was deleted, a confirmation email was sent to the email address on the account. If it’s still with 30 days, you can recover the account by replying to that email.

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  mariusch01 · Member · Jul 23, 2020 at 3:26 pm

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  No, I didn’t delete my account. I only changed it’s username. I see than now I can’t even return to my previous username.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 23, 2020 at 6:54 pm

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  Once a username is changed, the old one is deleted, there is no way to recover those.

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  mariusch01 · Member · Jul 25, 2020 at 2:19 pm

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  It’s banning / blocking, not deleting. It is sad to know that I have lost my previous username even on my private account with which (in my opinion) it should be associated with.