# Friendly Friend User Names or nicknames
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/friendly-friend-user-names-or-nicknames/616334
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [July 23, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/friendly-friend-user-names-or-nicknames/616334 "2020-07-23T17:56:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@don.alcombright](https://forums.plex.tv/u/don.alcombright)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/friendly-friend-user-names-or-nicknames/616334/1 "2020-07-23T17:56:47Z")
Adding the ability add “nicknames” to user accounts to would be helpful I think (including the default account). The UI could just use the “nickname” instead of the real name for displaying.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/friendly-friend-user-names-or-nicknames/616334/2 "2020-07-23T18:00:07Z")
A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes.
> [@Add nicknames to emails on backend server](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-nicknames-to-emails-on-backend-server/487153/1):
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> On the backend of the server, it’s hard to know who is who as I don’t know people’s emails. It would be nice to add a nickname to people (Think Steam Nicknames for Friends) I’ve made an email as an example. [ree] I am aware that this might be a feature that users can set their own nickname. However, my mother isn’t going to do that (for example). So for the sake of me, it’s easier for me to set her nickname on my end if you get me? Thanks.
> [@\[Implemented\] 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, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing).
Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/friendly-friend-user-names-or-nicknames/616334/3 "2020-07-23T18:00:18Z")