# \[Feature Request\]: Editable Names In Friend's List
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-editable-names-in-friends-list/96504
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [March 11, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-editable-names-in-friends-list/96504 "2015-03-11T21:36:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@thatmovieguy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/thatmovieguy)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2015, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-editable-names-in-friends-list/96504/1 "2015-03-11T21:36:31Z")
As I share my PMS with several people, and others share with me in return, I would find it a great convenience if I could customize the names of the users in my list, as opposed to is just being stuck at their Plex username and server name. I'd love to be able to edit those fields as well, just for my use, in organizing them, as I share more and more with other people and add more and more shared servers to my list.
As almost every other field is editable when it comes to PMS options, this seems like something that wouldn't be too difficult to implement, and would really help me keep track of who is who on my list.
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### Author:  [@RaEyE](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RaEyE)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-editable-names-in-friends-list/96504/2 "2015-03-14T15:03:44Z")
I'd also rellay like to see the possibility to set each user up with an individual avatar.
Or is this already possible?
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-editable-names-in-friends-list/96504/3 "2021-01-15T19:21:52Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate
> [@\[Implemented\] 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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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-editable-names-in-friends-list/96504/4 "2021-06-10T00:46:12Z")