# 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")
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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@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")

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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. &nbsp;The name PMS shows is the plex.tv username. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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. &nbsp;I can change my username in plex.tv to show a friendlier name but that would bring up the se…

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We try to avoid duplicate requests that will distract votes from each other. Therefore please search before posting redundant suggestions!

I’m closing this thread. You can add your vote and comments to „the original“.

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