How to change your user name and password

[Carers UK Admin]

It’s a good idea to use an alias for your username (as opposed to your real name) for confidentiality and security reasons.

Here’s how to do it on the Carers UK forum:

1. Click on your name in the red box top right hand side of the page and choose "User Control Panel" - this is where you can change the default settings to your preferences.

2. You will be taken to a new page, click on the on the 'Profile' tab and then click on 'Edit Account Settings' (you'll find it in the column on the left-hand side).

3. Type your new username into the text box and/or your new password into the relevant text boxes.

5. Click submit.

If you have any problems, you can PM a moderator or email a staff member at forum@carersuk.org

[Niki]

Ah. There no longer seems to be a text box for me to type my new username into: has anyone found out how to change a username yet, please? Profile > Edit account settings, where it clearly indicates that I can change it, but there doesn't seem to be any way that I can see.

[MrsAverage]

It doesn't offer me an entry box either.
Hopefully it's another glitch with the new version that IT can fix (when he's back from his hols)

[susieq]

Due to the changeover to the new forum the instructions in this topic are not, currently, valid.
There are a number of changes that still need to be made to the format of this newer version. Administration are aware of this particular problem and I hope they will be able to make the necessary changes to allow members to change their username shortly.

[Niki]

Looking forward to it: I'll be far too easily identifiable if I continue to post much under my current username.

[Niki]

Ah. There no longer seems to be a text box for me to type my new username into: has anyone found out how to change a username yet, please? Profile > Edit account settings, where it clearly indicates that I can change it, but there doesn't seem to be any way that I can see.

At some stage over the intervening year, it looks as though someone has tweaked the settings so that you *can* change your name, as long as you enter your password too. Thank you very much to whoever it was: I'm now duly anonymised and can post in more detail now I'm not so easily identifiable - if only I could remember what it was I'd intended to post!

[susieq]

I have now updated the instructions at the top of this page to reflect the necessary actions to change your Username since the upgrade.