# User nick names **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** plex-web\ **Created:** [February 18, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-nick-names/869727 "2024-02-18T18:52:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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 18, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-nick-names/869727/2 "2024-02-18T21:25:15Z")
> [@Sinsid](#): > > But at least you used to get a Pencil icon so you could put their real names back in. That seems to be gone now too. Is that correct? When did that get taken out? You were never able to assign nicknames to other users – just for your own account. There’s a feature suggestion asking for an option to assign nicknames how you’d like to see them showing up in your setup/account (e.g. they see themselves as “Pauline” and “Dave”, you see them as “Mom” and “Dad”…). > [@Customize friend names/icons](https://forums.plex.tv/t/customize-friend-names-icons/800979): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/user-nick-names/869727)._