Changing Username

[maine516]

I'd like to change my user name - what is the best way to do that?  I know I can change how the name is displayed in my profile, but I want to actually change the user name itself.  Is there a way to do that without deleting the acct and the acct history data?  Or do I need to just delete the acct and create a new acct and start from scratch.  Thanks.

[BigDevil]

If you want a new username you will have to create a brand new profile

[maine516]

Thanks BD - that's what I thought.  To create a new profile, I do that by registering again, correct?  Then if I want to remove the old username I just go into that profile and choose "delete this account", right?

[BigDevil]

Yes you register a new account and then if you want to delete this profile you click on delete. It usually takes awhile for the profile to be deleted.

[Nutmeg]

Also once you hit delete you get locked out of your account as I recall. So you may want to have the new one going first if you still wish to do stuff on the site that requires an account (like look at profiles ).

[maine516]

Thanks BD and Nutmeg.  That's my plan then - I'll register with the new acct, use that for a while, then delete the old profile.  The current user name is just not one that I prefer using anymore.