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Changing your username

Change your GitHub username.

Who can use this feature?

If your instance uses built-in authentication, you can change your username. If you sign in to your GitHub Enterprise Server instance with LDAP credentials or single sign-on (SSO), only your local administrator can change your username.

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Prerequisites

Before changing your username, you should be aware of potential impacts on your account and activity. For more information, see Username changes.

Changing your username

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page on GitHub, click your profile picture, then click Settings.
  2. In the left sidebar, click Account.
  3. In the "Change username" section, click Change username.

Next steps

For reference information and limitations, see Username reference.