# Forum - showing full name (Not good!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [July 27, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951 "2020-07-27T19:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChristopheDV](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@ChristopheDV](https://forum.xojo.com/u/ChristopheDV)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/1 "2020-07-27T19:19:51Z")
I cannot change the way my name is showed on the new forum. I do not want it to display my full name (first and last). It seems you cannot change this in the preferences. Although it should regarding GDPR. So… how can I change this asap? ---
**Author:** ![Dana\_Brown](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/dana_brown/32/15210_2.png) [@Dana\_Brown](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Dana_Brown)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/2 "2020-07-27T19:24:02Z")
Sending you a message about this to get it sorted out. ---
**Author:** ![ChristopheDV](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@ChristopheDV](https://forum.xojo.com/u/ChristopheDV)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/3 "2020-07-27T19:39:58Z")
Did not received a message yet. ---
**Author:** ![YoannB](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/9f8e36/32.png) [@YoannB](https://forum.xojo.com/u/YoannB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/4 "2020-07-27T19:41:59Z")
I do not want to display my full name either. How can I change it quickly ? Also, I would not be surprised if you break the GDPR on this issue. ---
**Author:** ![ChristopheDV](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@ChristopheDV](https://forum.xojo.com/u/ChristopheDV)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/5 "2020-07-27T19:43:09Z")
Yes, the is breaking GDPR for sure. In fact, forum users should be able to change the display name anytime. ---
**Author:** ![AlbertoD](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@AlbertoD](https://forum.xojo.com/u/AlbertoD)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/6 "2020-07-27T19:53:13Z")
I don’t mind showing my full name to others that are logged in, but I don’t like when anybody can see it by just visiting the forum. ---
**Author:** ![MarkusR](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/markusr/32/685_2.png) [@MarkusR](https://forum.xojo.com/u/MarkusR)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/7 "2020-07-27T20:01:15Z")
get all users renamed? please make me MarkusR ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/anthony_g_cyphers/32/16862_2.png) [@Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Anthony_G_Cyphers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/8 "2020-07-27T20:05:39Z")
I’ve changed this for you. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/anthony_g_cyphers/32/16862_2.png) [@Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Anthony_G_Cyphers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/9 "2020-07-27T20:05:49Z")
I’ve changed this for you. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/anthony_g_cyphers/32/16862_2.png) [@Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Anthony_G_Cyphers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/10 "2020-07-27T20:09:51Z")
If anyone else would like their username to be less identifying, please feel free to message me and I’ll get to it when I can. ---
**Author:** ![GarryPettet](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/garrypettet/32/31_2.png) [@GarryPettet](https://forum.xojo.com/u/GarryPettet)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/11 "2020-07-27T20:12:58Z")
@AnthonyCyphers Can you post the solution generally for users to change their username as it could become and issue for Xojo Inc vis a vis GDPR. It’s all EU citizen’s right to be able to control what is shared publicly. I don’t have a problem sharing my name but I understand there are some who do. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/anthony_g_cyphers/32/16862_2.png) [@Anthony\_G\_Cyphers](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Anthony_G_Cyphers)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/12 "2020-07-27T20:16:23Z")
Users cannot currently change their own display names. ---
**Author:** ![MarkusR](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/markusr/32/685_2.png) [@MarkusR](https://forum.xojo.com/u/MarkusR)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/13 "2020-07-27T20:16:32Z")
something else, can you allow users to delete her own old topics? ---
**Author:** ![YoannB](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/9f8e36/32.png) [@YoannB](https://forum.xojo.com/u/YoannB)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/14 "2020-07-27T20:19:42Z")
Thank you Anthony for the quick change. Very much appreciated, but this does not solve the issue. Users should be able to change their usernames as this is private information under the GDPR. Usernames are private information and belong to individuals. Xojo is breaking here the article 4 of the GDPR. ---
**Author:** ![Julen\_I](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/julen_i/32/202_2.png) [@Julen\_I](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Julen_I)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/15 "2020-07-27T20:35:13Z")
I too don’t want my full name visible to people whobare not logged in. Could you change my name to Julen please, thank you. Julen ---
**Author:** ![Sascha\_S](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/sascha_s/32/22328_2.png) [@Sascha\_S](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sascha_S)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/16 "2020-07-27T20:41:56Z")
Beside the fact that i would like to have more control over my privacy regarding my full name here, my name is missing the last letter… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dana\_Brown](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/dana_brown/32/15210_2.png) [@Dana\_Brown](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Dana_Brown)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/17 "2020-07-27T20:49:25Z")
We understand the concerns. If you’d like to change your display name, please contact a forum moderator. We do ask you to follow guidelines, please see the example below: Name: John Peter Smith John\_Smith (Default) John\_S JohnS Peter\_Smith Peter\_S PeterS Forum moderators are: @Anthony_Cyphers @Gavin_Smith @Dana_Brown @Jason_Parsley ---
**Author:** ![DerkJ](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@DerkJ](https://forum.xojo.com/u/DerkJ)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/18 "2020-07-27T20:51:02Z")
Why the guidelines? Could you please follow GDPR? Thanks for the edit functionalities anyway…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Thom\_McGrath](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/thom_mcgrath/32/192_2.png) [@Thom\_McGrath](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Thom_McGrath)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/19 "2020-07-27T20:54:00Z")
I think the underscore looks ugly and would like to use ThomMcGrath instead. Would that be acceptable? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Parnell](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/tim_parnell/32/161_2.png) [@Tim\_Parnell](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Tim_Parnell)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951/20 "2020-07-27T20:55:19Z")
~~+1 for this if allowable, thank you!~~ I’ve misunderstood and fixed my own name! (there is _something_ that allows us to have a display name with spaces, please check with Gary!) [Next page](https://forum.xojo.com/t/forum-showing-full-name-not-good/54951.md?page=2)