Guide: I want to change my username! What are my options?

FloatingMuffins

There are so many scratchers that are unhappy with their usernames. So I created this guide on what to do in this situation.

How do I change my username?
This is one of the most asked questions on Scratch. You cannot change your username. The servers cannot handle it.

So, what are my options?
Well, your options are VERY limited but here they are:

1. Change to another account
You could do the following:
1. Create a new account.
2. Remix over all your projects.
3. Tell your followers about your new account and put a link to your new account on your old profile.
4. Add yourself to all studios you were curating.
5. Follow all studios, discussions and users you were following.
6. Favourite all projects you favourited.
7. Close comments on your old profile.

You will lose all views on projects, followers and all other statistics so you may want to go with another option.

2. Operate a “two account system”
You could create another account and use both your new and old account. E.g. use one for forum posts and the other for projects, use one for animations and the other for games etc. This is alternative to switching over to another account because switching over to another account is a lot of work.

3. Clean slate
Your interests may have changed since you created your account. For example your username could be footballlover78_1 and your profile pic could be a football and all your projects could be football related. Now you may have no interest in football. You also may not like the projects on your account. Or you may feel you have not got a good reputation on the website. In these situation you could start on a clean slate. This is where you start a new account but don't transfer anything over and you don't tell the community about your new account.

4. Stay with your username
You may not like the options above so you could just stay with your username.

Last edited by FloatingMuffins (Aug. 30, 2018 20:01:12)

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LionHeart70

Useful guide!

I'd like if you could clarify this is a guide, though, I almost came down here to say that it's not possible.

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-ShadowOfTheFuture-

Nice guide! Now hopefully people will actually view this.

Although you might want to change the title, the way it's phrased makes it sound like you're asking if it's possible to change a username instead of providing a guide.

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wWSunPandaWw

Awesome guide, I'm reporting for an ITopic.

However, you might wanna change the title. I did click on this expecting “hoo boy, time to answer this question again…”. Just putting in a “–GUIDE” would be satisfactory.

I moved to BelieverGirlSun

FloatingMuffins

LionHeart70 wrote:
Useful guide!

I'd like if you could clarify this is a guide, though, I almost came down here to say that it's not possible.

-ShadowOfTheFuture- wrote:
Nice guide! Now hopefully people will actually view this.

Although you might want to change the title, the way it's phrased makes it sound like you're asking if it's possible to change a username instead of providing a guide.

wWSunPandaWw wrote:
Awesome guide, I'm reporting for an ITopic.
However, you might wanna change the title. I did click on this expecting “hoo boy, time to answer this question again…”. Just putting in a “–GUIDE” would be satisfactory.

Ok. I will change the title. Thanks guys.

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FloatingMuffins

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Hi, I'm FloatingMuffins!
You can call me Muffins!
Age 17 | Irish | Traditional Catholic | Conservative

Auroura_WoIf

FloatingMuffins wrote:
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Nice guide! Hey, wait, I am option 4! Also, just so you know for future it's common courtesy to only bump after
A: it's been 24 hours since the last post
B: your topic is off the front page

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YOU SEE THESE TILES!?
ONCE I THROW THIS SWITCH...
THEY WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE COLOR!
EACH COLOR HAS A DIFFERENT FUNCTION!
RED TILES ARE IMPASSABLE!
YOU CANNOT WALK ON THEM!
YELLOW TILES ARE ELECTRIC!
THEY WILL ELECTROCUTE YOU!
GREEN TILES ARE ALARM TILES!
IF YOU STEP ON THEM...
YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT A MONSTER!!
ORANGE TILES ARE ORANGE-SCENTED.
THEY WILL MAKE YOU SMELL DELICIOUS!
BLUE TILES ARE WATER TILES.
SWIM THROUGH IF YOU LIKE, BUT...
IF YOU SMELL LIKE ORANGES!
THE PIRANHAS WILL BITE YOU.
ALSO, IF A BLUE TILE IS NEXT TO A,
YELLOW TILE, THE WATER WILL ALSO ZAP YOU!
PURPLE TILES ARE SLIPPERY!
YOU WILL SLIDE TO THE NEXT TILE!
HOWEVER, THE SLIPPERY SOAP...
SMELLS LIKE LEMONS!!
WHICH PIRANHAS DO NOT LIKE!
PURPLE AND BLUE ARE OK!
FINALLY, PINK TILES.
THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.
STEP ON THEM ALL YOU LIKE.
HOW WAS THAT!? UNDERSTAND???

i wanted to put the ending 61 copypasta here instead of the papyrus color maze but it's too many characters
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FloatingMuffins

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Hi, I'm FloatingMuffins!
You can call me Muffins!
Age 17 | Irish | Traditional Catholic | Conservative

Auroura_WoIf

FloatingMuffins wrote:
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i'm auroura_woif (alt account is auroura_wolf). usually people just call me rora, or wolf, but any variations of those are fine

★ trans girl ☆★ she/her ★☆ ace★

some of my favourite games/franchises (check them out if you haven't already!):

undertale/deltarune
oneshot
celeste
splatoon
xenoblade chronicles
escaped chasm/dweller's empty path
pokémon

HEY!
IT'S THE HUMAN!
YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS PUZZLE!
IT WAS MADE BY THE GREAT DR. ALPHYS!
YOU SEE THESE TILES!?
ONCE I THROW THIS SWITCH...
THEY WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE COLOR!
EACH COLOR HAS A DIFFERENT FUNCTION!
RED TILES ARE IMPASSABLE!
YOU CANNOT WALK ON THEM!
YELLOW TILES ARE ELECTRIC!
THEY WILL ELECTROCUTE YOU!
GREEN TILES ARE ALARM TILES!
IF YOU STEP ON THEM...
YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGHT A MONSTER!!
ORANGE TILES ARE ORANGE-SCENTED.
THEY WILL MAKE YOU SMELL DELICIOUS!
BLUE TILES ARE WATER TILES.
SWIM THROUGH IF YOU LIKE, BUT...
IF YOU SMELL LIKE ORANGES!
THE PIRANHAS WILL BITE YOU.
ALSO, IF A BLUE TILE IS NEXT TO A,
YELLOW TILE, THE WATER WILL ALSO ZAP YOU!
PURPLE TILES ARE SLIPPERY!
YOU WILL SLIDE TO THE NEXT TILE!
HOWEVER, THE SLIPPERY SOAP...
SMELLS LIKE LEMONS!!
WHICH PIRANHAS DO NOT LIKE!
PURPLE AND BLUE ARE OK!
FINALLY, PINK TILES.
THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING.
STEP ON THEM ALL YOU LIKE.
HOW WAS THAT!? UNDERSTAND???

i wanted to put the ending 61 copypasta here instead of the papyrus color maze but it's too many characters
;

Not_Me_You_Me_Me

Is this a bump??

Yes, it's a bump.

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_nix

Another option is to “start over” – it's similar to option 1, but instead of remixing/reuploading all your old projects, you just don't. That's what I did when I moved from liam48D to _nix - I made a note that my new main account was _nix, but I didn't bother bringing over all my old projects. It was sort of refreshing to be working from a relatively blank slate / project list, too

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FutureBlack16

This is a helpful guide to reduce the amount of topics “How can i change my username?”.

Reporting to be a sticky.

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ChumleyChumpster

Would be very useful as a sticky, nice job. May need a bit for info on telling people that you can't change your usernames.

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KJRYoshi07

This is a really good topic!
I think you should tell everyone why you can't change your username.
Reporting to be stickied.

moved accounts lol

FloatingMuffins

_nix wrote:
Another option is to “start over” – it's similar to option 1, but instead of remixing/reuploading all your old projects, you just don't. That's what I did when I moved from liam48D to _nix - I made a note that my new main account was _nix, but I didn't bother bringing over all my old projects. It was sort of refreshing to be working from a relatively blank slate / project list, too

Thanks. I will add that!

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MasterCoder0

You can't. You can make a new account tho. And you can change your email associated with your account, you can change your password, and change where you live.

nickeljorn

MasterCoder0 wrote:
You can't. You can make a new account tho. And you can change your email associated with your account, you can change your password, and change where you live.

This isn’t someone asking a question, it’s a guide to answering others questions.

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Paddle2See

Excellent guide! I've added it to the Helpful Topics list. Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together

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FloatingMuffins

Paddle2See wrote:
Excellent guide! I've added it to the Helpful Topics list. Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together

Thank you!

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You can call me Muffins!
Age 17 | Irish | Traditional Catholic | Conservative

frodewin

FloatingMuffins wrote:
There are so many scratchers that are unhappy with their usernames. So I created this guide on what to do in this situation.

How do I change my username?
This is one of the most asked questions on Scratch. You cannot change your username. The servers cannot handle it.

So, what are my options?
Well, your options are VERY limited but here they are:

1. Change to another account
You could do the following:
1. Create a new account.
2. Remix over all your projects.
3. Tell your followers about your new account and put a link to your new account on your old profile.
4. Add yourself to all studios you were curating.
5. Follow all studios, discussions and users you were following.
6. Favourite all projects you favourited.
7. Close comments on your old profile.

You will lose all views on projects, followers and all other statistics so you may want to go with another option.

2. Operate a “two account system”
You could create another account and use both your new and old account. E.g. use one for forum posts and the other for projects, use one for animations and the other for games etc. This is alternative to switching over to another account because switching over to another account is a lot of work.

3. Clean slate
Your interests may have changed since you created your account. For example your username could be footballlover78_1 and your profile pic could be a football and all your projects could be football related. Now you may have no interest in football. You also may not like the projects on your account. Or you may feel you have not got a good reputation on the website. In these situation you could start on a clean slate. This is where you start a new account but don't transfer anything over and you don't tell the community about your new account.

4. Stay with your username
You may not like the options above so you could just stay with your username.

5. In case your username contains your real name or a swear word…
you can (and should) ask the ST to change it for you. You can even propose an alternative name.

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