# Local alias for friends with library access

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-alias-for-friends-with-library-access/830117>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** library-management, granting-access\
**Created:** [February 9, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-alias-for-friends-with-library-access/830117 "2023-02-09T04:47:53Z")\
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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:** [February 9, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-alias-for-friends-with-library-access/830117/2 "2023-02-09T06:00:51Z")

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There’s already an existing suggestion discussing that option. Please comment/vote in that thread in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes.

> [@Customize friend names/icons](https://forums.plex.tv/t/customize-friend-names-icons/800979):
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> I wish it was possible to set “friendly” names and icons I recognize for “friends” that use my Plex server. You know, those people with their own accounts and received an invite from me? Few (if any) of mine have chosen to set anything (or what they’ve set doesn’t pass to my server) so I see user names like xyzzy3.1415 which aren’t especially useful. The icons are just a letter on a colored background, but most of them appear to be a letter that doesn’t seem related to the user’s real name, s…

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Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate.

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