Username recovery

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  johnscaban1 · Member · Apr 27, 2021 at 12:43 pm

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  I accidentally changed my username of WordPress thinking it was the name that was the public one. Is there a way to recover it? I know it was my bad, I should’ve payed attention.

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Apr 27, 2021 at 3:32 pm

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  Hi there:

  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. We do show you a number of different warnings and you need to confirm that you understand what changing your username means before it’s processed.

  You can read more about this here:

  https://wordpress.com/support/change-your-username/

  In the future, if you want to change your “public name” you would indicate a Display Name in your profile page here:

  https://wordpress.com/me

  I hope that clarifies things.