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Jock
Community Member

I want to change my username

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My username is incorrect! I wanted to choose a specific name without numbers and it didn’t specify if my name was already taken so when I hit confirm it automatically put numbers after my name and I would like to change it to something else because that’s not what I wanted please.?

 

The live chat isn’t available or the phone support. :disappointed_face:

 

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JamesFromGoogle
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi everyone,

Great news! You can now Change your Name on your own if you'd like. We'll go ahead and close this topic now since it's an older one, but if anyone has any follow up questions or comments, please feel free to reach back out in a new post.

Thank you,

James

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Sornin
Community Member

Unless you are a Founder, your username will always end in #<4 digits>, like John#1234. It does not matter whether the name is unique or not, they all end in that to totally prevent collisions in the first place.

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Xevioso
Founder
Founder

@Jock  You will have to keep trying either by phone or by chat, You can't change it in the app or on the website. They tell you that in the link.

https://support.google.com/stadia/answer/9622629?hl=en

 

 

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Sho
Community Member
@Jock as it's been mentioned before, and they are both correct. "Name reservation" reservation, is only for founders, and you will have a founders badge next to your name to "identify" you as one. also, a founder is LOCKED to that name (aka, no one else can ever have that user name) if you're not a founder (you got premiere or a buddy pass) then ANYONE and EVERYONE will have your name. if your user name is matt24 it will have a 4 digit # at the end matt24#3345 but someone else can make that same user name matt24 but they will now just have a different 4 digit number at the end matt24#3346 (in other words you can have MULTIPLE users on your friends list with the same user name. I could have nothing but matt24's on my friends list, but they'd still all be different because it'd be matt24#3345, matt24#3346, matt24#5672 etc.) so unless you just "added" numbers to the end of your name (as a founder) you will have a badge pop up next to your name not those 4 digit #'s, so if you're seeing those, it's because you're not a founder and there is nothing you can do about that, blizzard does the same thing with their usernames as well. Also, as mentioned before as well. in the stadia app there is an option to contact stadia regarding name changes, that'd be your best bet to try, nothing you can really do about it though, if it's just what we're talking about (the 4digit # at the end of everyones name that isn't a founder) it's just how stadia operates. Good luck though and hope all the info helps you out! -Sho
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UltimateBunny
Community Member

I noticed it's sort of set up like discord usernames. But the names don't bother me to much anyone can have similar names and change a letter or add a number on any platform. Always loopholes. But this way you can have the name you want which is convenient and they assign numbers to distinguish who you are. 

Bunny
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Goat56
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I am trying to change my name pls help me

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RXShorty
Platinum Stadia Guide
Platinum Stadia Guide

Hello @Goat56,

You can change your Stadia username in the app or on stadia.google.com.

Stadia app:

  1. On your mobile device, open the Stadia app RXShorty_0-1617780986707.png.
  2. On the top right, tap your Stadia avatar.
  3. Tap Stadia Name & avatar.
  4. Tap Contact us.

Stadia.com:

  1. Sign into your account at stadia.com.
  2. On the top right, select your Stadia avatar.
  3. Select Stadia settings --> Stadia Name & avatar.
  4. Select Contact us.


For more information CHECK THIS website.

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RoboTron
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Doesn't work - link leads only to the forum here

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MarkimusGaming
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

The link to contact us just leads to a faq area when you type your issue it gives you the directions you’ve just given which in return leads to the faq area, and when you type your issue it gives you the directions you’ve just given which in return leads to the faq area, and when you type in your issue it………do you see where I’m going with this, it’s rather frustrating 

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RoboTron
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Same here! And the answer from that other user "You have to be a Founder otherwise it ends up with a number" is absolute BS! Why would I spend my time figuring a suitable name if, at the end, it's changed anyway - that's ridicules! At least let me choose those numbers myself! I WANT THEM GONE FROM MY USERNAME!!!

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Borussia
Silver Stadia Guide
Silver Stadia Guide

I can literally feel your frustation but the answer is correct.

Unless you are a founder, there is no way around the digits after your username.

When pre-orders started after the official announcement of Stadia, the absence of those digits was advertised as a part of the advantages for early-adopters.

Even if this seems to be a flaw, it is not. Most users have digits after their names and it's the gamers who are unique themselves :slightly_smiling_face:

 

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Youngwolf
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

I need to change my name 

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JamesFromGoogle
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi everyone,

Great news! You can now Change your Name on your own if you'd like. We'll go ahead and close this topic now since it's an older one, but if anyone has any follow up questions or comments, please feel free to reach back out in a new post.

Thank you,

James

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