[All Platforms][Other] Change profile URL of old accounts

[Monica1213]

I really appreciate Spotify allowing you to change your display name.

I get that the username is used as ID, so this is a good solution if it weren't for one thing: The URL of your profile.

If you created an account before your username started being random letters and numbers, it will continue to show your username.

So if you were to change your display name to be something else, whatever you named yourself might show up on playlists and what not, but the old username will continue to follow you in the URL.

And I get you can't simply change the URLs to be the same as the display name, since from what I've seen, you can have identical display names, and that would get messy.

So I think it would only be fair that if on request, your URL can be changed to something else.

Maybe put a limit on it, so it can't be done frequently.

I think that would just be great for everyone who feels like completely getting rid of old names they're embarrassed of and what not.

**bleep**, I would be fine even if the URL just followed the same random number and letter formula.

Just give us the option to do it at least.

It would just be helpful and make the whole name changing thing as good as it can be.

[Novy]

Updated on 2023-10-04

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[Claybot]

who can go to profile and click on your name 

[daveyjaya]

I agree!

Ive had my name changed legally so the name currently in my username isn’t even my name anymore and it’s frustrating that we can’t change it!

[dssddsds]

I've had the same exact problem for years now since my username contains my real name and there's no way to change it. I hope they finally listen and make this a new feature

[Gorou]

yes!! i had to move accounts to change my username and even still it just auto-generated it! even tho on support forum i picked a username i like the normal spotify username still annoys me as it is a VERY long string of numbers and letters and I have to use my email on each login

[n4fji-qo9_vaj]

When I copy my URL to share my profile the like contains my old Spotify name (Which is problematic for me currently) - I would like to change that so I feel more comfortable.

[ka_]

just make people have an opinion on there usernames and let them change it its easy

[nativesprague]

Have been waiting for this feature for years