# Nickname Friends / Users **URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/nickname-friends-users/209302 **Category:** Feature Suggestions **Created:** [October 7, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nickname-friends-users/209302 "2017-10-07T23:23:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner) #### Post date: [October 7, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nickname-friends-users/209302/2 "2017-10-07T23:24:21Z")
duplicate feature request > [@\[Implemented\] Alias instead of plex.tv usernames](https://forums.plex.tv/t/alias-instead-of-plex-tv-usernames/83502/1): > > 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… closing Please respect the rules for this subforum - **Search** first if the request has already been posted before. The goal is to collect the votes for a particular feature in one thread - not to scatter them around. - Please only [one feature per post](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/46128/rules-for-this-forum-inc-how-to-vote#top "one feature per post") --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/nickname-friends-users/209302)._