Title: changing my username
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# changing my username

 *  [backtoearth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backtoearth/)
 * (@backtoearth)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-my-username/)
 * I want to change my username but because my email address is linked to my existing
   username, it wont allow me to set up a new username using the same email address.

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 *  [shaile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaile/)
 * (@shaile)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-my-username/#post-2522685)
 * Go to your datbase find the table wp_users edit user_login and update it…

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [shaile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaile/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-my-username/#post-2522685)
 * Status: not resolved

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