Is there any way i could change my username here in mylot?
By cyatibarra
@cyatibarra (123)
Philippines
September 12, 2010 5:53pm CST
I never realized i was using my real name here, when i signed up here i really thought i could customize my account except for the personal info and payment info. But now ive been trying to search for a way to change it, but in my account setting the username section was blocked. Pls. Help! Just want to change it so badly. Its not that i dont like it, im just not comfortable using it when i know i could use some other names like nicknames or codenames. I really need your help. I hope u understand. :(
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8 responses
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
13 Sep 10
no c yatibarra as Iasked three years ago. I also did not realize until too late that I had used my last name as a user name thus until I put my gender down on my profile that a lot of people thought I was a guy
instead of an elderly woman. I think the only way you could changer u user names is to close your account and open a new one under[ a nickname. You will lose any earningsand all of your points if you do this
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@cyatibarra (123)
• Philippines
13 Sep 10
I didnt know there's a risk just by changing my username, but i like the idea of changing my gender instead and the photo also. Thanks for that hatley, im just not comfortable with my username not because im hiding or something im just not used to it. But there's nothing i do about it anymore but to move on. I hope mylot would create a feature like that, i mean its just a name or a username why cant they allow it to be customized.
@jerikjames (1041)
• Philippines
13 Sep 10
I've also tried changing my username. And no, we really can't change them. Which sucks of course. Since if you made a mistake on your username or something. I believe it's for security purposes and it's convenient to their system because there might be a thousand users wanting to change their usernames and I don't think their system has a function for that. It's just my theory though. 
Anyway, to answer your question again, no, you can't change your username. 
Anyway, to answer your question again, no, you can't change your username. 1 person likes this
@LadyMarissa (12148)
• United States
13 Sep 10
You do have the option of closing your current account & opening a new account with the name you prefer to use. Since we're NOT allowed to have 2 accounts open at the same time, you'd need to close the old one first & then open the new one. I'd suggest that you be careful & closely check the name you decide to use. cyatibarra (19)...since you're just getting started, you would lose very little in doing this. Assuming you're no where near payout yet, you'd lose what you have earned so far & you'd lose the 19 posts. However, it may be worth it to you in order to have a user name you prefer. jerikjames (781)...you'd have a lot to lose in my humble opinion. You'd lose your copy & paste capability & your emoticons. We have one member here who starts over every year or 2 & he says it's worth it. You & ONLY you can decide if it's worth starting over at "0" in every sense of the word!!!
@payout (3794)
• United States
13 Sep 10
Yeah, there is one way and one way only to change your username which is delete this account and make a whole new name but think don't worry about it. You will get use to your Nick name and just don't worry about you will learn a lot here and earn a lot here if you participate a lot on here so again don't worry lol. Everything will be fine and everything will work out fine
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
13 Sep 10
The only way to change your user name and it has been done by many on here. It to close your current account first and then reopen it again with all your same information but put in a new username.
Before you close it. Keep in mind that now you will lose any earning, and discussion points but that is it.
This is allowed many have done this and since you have 19 not much is lost.
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@fannitia (2167)
• Bulgaria
13 Sep 10
Here is a link to a previous discussion about this.
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2322086.aspx
If you use the search here you can find other info about this. And maybe somebody with more computer knowledge can explain why it's not allowed to change your username.
@formidexo (1351)
• Canada
13 Sep 10
I had to change my username so I stopped using the old one and started a new one with a new name.
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@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
13 Sep 10
No you can't change your user name in mylot..because mylot don't give facility of changing user name.. here.. I also want to change my user name .. but mostly people told me that it is not possible in this website because of not available facility..
