# Managed users admin account

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/managed-users-admin-account/367397
**Category:** General Discussions
**Tags:** managed-accounts
**Created:** [January 26, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/managed-users-admin-account/367397 "2019-01-26T12:55:55Z")
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### Author: ![richarddc79](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/richarddc79/32/5807_2.png) [@richarddc79](https://forums.plex.tv/u/richarddc79)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/managed-users-admin-account/367397/1 "2019-01-26T12:55:55Z")

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Hi,

Just wondering is there an option somewhere to have a “Friendly name” for the main Plex account so that I when someone in my home opens plex on an tv or device they see “Dad”, “Mum”, “Child 1”, “Child 2” etc, instead of in my case “richarddc79”, "Mum, etc etc.

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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: [January 26, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/managed-users-admin-account/367397/2 "2019-01-26T13:29:21Z")

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no option available at the moment. but there’s a feature suggestion you can vote for:

> [@\[Implemented\] 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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### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/managed-users-admin-account/367397/3 "2019-04-26T13:29:35Z")

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