Can you change your livejournal username

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We'll post to our development journal with more in-depth details about these changes. Will my links and bookmarks still work? Yes, all of your links and bookmarks will continue to work. You will not need to go back and change them. They will simply redirect to the new URL. However, if you do change your links and bookmarks, it could save you a fraction of a second avoiding the redirect.

What if my username starts or ends with a dash or underscore? You will not have to change your username, but if you'd like to change it we will offer you one rename per username beginning or ending with a dash or underscore for free.

If you'd like to take advantage of this offer, go to the Rename page while logged into that account. Weren't user subdomains previously a paid account feature?

Yes, but now we've opened this feature to everyone. Note that you need to replace "exampleusername" in the URL with the username that you wish to be notified about. If you have created your account recently and have few or no entries, you may want to create a new journal.

If you want to hide your journal from someone who has found your username, renaming your journal is not the best choice. Comments and your community entries will display your new username; people may also be able to find you based on your community memberships, interests, friends list, etc.

Instead, you can hide your journal by deleting the existing journal and creating an entirely new journal , or making the existing journal Friends-Only or Private. It is recommended that you refer to the section on How Renames Work as you rename your account, so that you understand what selections you are making. Do not delete either journal. Renaming does not combine the contents of the two journals. You will need to be logged in as the owner account in order to do this.

Additionally, communities can only be renamed to unregistered, deleted and purged , or personal accounts under your control. Previous Share Flag Next. Howdy, all! I've removed the section about offering free rename tokens to usernames that begin or end with underscores. After almost three years, we're not going to offer this option anymore. It's just time to expire the offer.

Nothing's broken with these usernames.