# Create Display Name for Users Shared With
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-display-name-for-users-shared-with/630885
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [September 6, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-display-name-for-users-shared-with/630885 "2020-09-06T09:01:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Thoscokin](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Thoscokin)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-display-name-for-users-shared-with/630885/1 "2020-09-06T09:01:18Z")
It would be great if we could assign display names to each user that we share content with. Some of my family and friends use obscure email addresses or usernames and it makes it hard to determine who they are based on email. Would be great if this rolled out to not only the shared users section, but also for the streaming dashboard and reports. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-display-name-for-users-shared-with/630885/2 "2020-09-06T10:43:03Z")
There’s already a pretty popular feature suggestion covering this topic.
> [@\[Implemented\] Alias instead of plex.tv usernames](https://forums.plex.tv/t/alias-instead-of-plex-tv-usernames/83502):
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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…
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I’m closing this thread. You can add your vote and comments to „the original“.
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-display-name-for-users-shared-with/630885/3 "2020-09-06T10:43:11Z")
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/create-display-name-for-users-shared-with/630885/4 "2021-06-10T14:15:47Z")