# Alias names for shared users
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/alias-names-for-shared-users/339020
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [November 29, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/alias-names-for-shared-users/339020 "2018-11-29T19:46:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@tramp78](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tramp78)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/alias-names-for-shared-users/339020/1 "2018-11-29T19:46:26Z")
I share my library with several people and when they stream something I can see that in the activity area. But the name they show up as it their email address in most cases. It would be nice to be able to change the diaplayes name so I could give them their real name so I would more easily know who is attached.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/alias-names-for-shared-users/339020/2 "2018-11-29T20:45:06Z")
A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes.
> [@\[Implemented\] Alias instead of plex.tv usernames](https://forums.plex.tv/t/alias-instead-of-plex-tv-usernames/83502/1):
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> I guess this has always been the case but I never noticed before. The name PMS shows is the plex.tv username. For security reasons I had kept my plex.tv username as my email to make it harder for someone to hack my account by guessing an easier to use username. Now with fast user switching I created managed users for my family which has a nice friendly name, but my email sticks out like a sore thumb. I can change my username in plex.tv to show a friendlier name but that would bring up the se…
Therefore this one is closed.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/alias-names-for-shared-users/339020/3 "2018-11-29T20:45:10Z")