Community Username problem

[Radian]

I've just logged into these community forums using my spotify login.

When asked to enter a username, I mis-typed (doh!) and hit enter just before I noticed.

Having searched around for  a way to change it (including trying to abandon and sign up again) I find I can't 😞

I did find the following statement about the username though:

"Be creative, have fun with it, but choose carefully: you cannot change your vanity name once registration is complete"

Aw, now how's anyone who knows me gonna find me???

[Richard]

What username were you after? As a moderator, I can probably change it for you (haven't tried this feature out yet!)

[Radian]

Hi Richard, thanks for your assistance. I  was going for Radian and hit E by mistake. That's my screen name over on Get Satisfaction.

[Richard · Accepted solution]

Done!

[Radian · Accepted solution]

Thanks for that.

[hsdancemom]

I didn't want my "real" name and didn't realize that was my publicly visible name... dumb mistake!  Can you change mine to hsdancemom?

thanks!

[Richard]

Boom!

[hsdancemom]

Thank you!  Amazingly fast!

[Kjeldstrup]

I have a problem with my username aswell. My user name is now lisbethkent but really would like to have lisbethmads as username

Is that possible??

[Richard]

Hey, we can only change your Community username - that is, the name that appears on your posts here.

Your actual Spotify account username can't be changed I'm afraid.

[birkdk]

Can i have my community username changed from MBP to birkdk

[meahtenoha]

Not a problem at all--let us know if there's anything else we can help with.

[kirbasin]

I have a similar problem though it's a little bit more complicated.

Recently I accidentally created second Spotify account via Facebook instead of logging in. I contacted customer support and asked them to delete it which was done.

But unfortunately, while I was looking for a solution here in Community, I created a login name aka Community username which is my common nickname - "kirbasin". What I was not aware of is that it will be tied to my newly created Spotify account that was later deleted by customer support.

When I tried to access Community on my true account which I am using now, I had to choose a login name again. But when I tried to select "kirbasin" again, system told me it was claimed by another account which I figured out was my Spotify Facebook account and it doesn't even exist now. So I chose "k1rbasin" as temporary (I hope!).

Can you reclaim my user name "kirbasin" for me, please?

[Peter__]

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@k1rbasin wrote:

I have a similar problem though it's a little bit more complicated.

Recently I accidentally created second Spotify account via Facebook instead of logging in. I contacted customer support and asked them to delete it which was done.

But unfortunately, while I was looking for a solution here in Community, I created a login name aka Community username which is my common nickname - "kirbasin". What I was not aware of is that it will be tied to my newly created Spotify account that was later deleted by customer support.

When I tried to access Community on my true account which I am using now, I had to choose a login name again. But when I tried to select "kirbasin" again, system told me it was claimed by another account which I figured out was my Spotify Facebook account and it doesn't even exist now. So I chose "k1rbasin" as temporary (I hope!).

Can you reclaim my user name "kirbasin" for me, please?

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I will see if I can get one of the community moderators/managers to look into this for you. Be aware, since its the weekend (and a bank holiday in Sweden as far as I know), it might be monday/tuesday before someone can look into this for you. 

Peter

[Liam]

Everyone:

You can change your own username's from the settings page.

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@k1rbasin wrote:

I have a similar problem though it's a little bit more complicated.

Recently I accidentally created second Spotify account via Facebook instead of logging in. I contacted customer support and asked them to delete it which was done.

But unfortunately, while I was looking for a solution here in Community, I created a login name aka Community username which is my common nickname - "kirbasin". What I was not aware of is that it will be tied to my newly created Spotify account that was later deleted by customer support.

When I tried to access Community on my true account which I am using now, I had to choose a login name again. But when I tried to select "kirbasin" again, system told me it was claimed by another account which I figured out was my Spotify Facebook account and it doesn't even exist now. So I chose "k1rbasin" as temporary (I hope!).

Can you reclaim my user name "kirbasin" for me, please?

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The community manager will most likely delete the old community account if possible, otherwise they'll change it's username 🙂

I'm not sure if Lithium supports merging accounts...

[Richard · Accepted solution]

kirbasin - done!

[Estradaa11]

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