03-16-2016
17:39
- last edited on
09-06-2020
20:15
by
MatthewFitbit
03-16-2016
17:39
- last edited on
09-06-2020
20:15
by
MatthewFitbit
How do you set you username?
Moderator edit: updated subject for clarity
03-16-2016 23:36
03-16-2016 23:36
I'm not sure what you mean.
You set your user name when you create your fitbit account and again when you set up your community account (yours being Linley and Swimdancer). Once done these can't be changed.
11-18-2018 09:52
11-18-2018 09:52
From my understansing, you can't. You can change your name in your profile settings but your username remains a combination of numbers and letters.
05-02-2019 18:00
05-02-2019 18:00
Testing
05-02-2019 21:18
05-02-2019 21:18
@Evaleuschen Hope the test worked
Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android
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11-04-2019 17:29
11-04-2019 17:29
What is my username?
11-05-2019 00:19
11-05-2019 00:19
Your community username is FD28LK
Your fitbit username is Stel C
02-29-2020 20:34
02-29-2020 20:34
Just testing this
03-12-2020 18:59
03-12-2020 18:59
How can you tell this? Where do you look to find this out?
03-13-2020 01:26
03-13-2020 01:26
@lalabrucey your community name is easy as it shows on your posts. If I then click on your name it takes me to your community profile and on there is a link to "go to fitbit.com profile" where it shows your main username for fitbit.
03-13-2020 19:15 - edited 03-13-2020 19:19
03-13-2020 19:15 - edited 03-13-2020 19:19
Thanks for the reply, my fitbit.Com display name was recently different to my username, (which I changed yesterday to Lalabrucey NZ), so could I tell in this case? Would my username be the Community name and the fitbit.Com display name is just that - display? So for example if you saw a fitbit.Com username eg '<firstname> <last initial>' how would you find the username from this info? Mine was 'Lana J' but my username is 'lalabrucey', does this make sense? I am asking because when people post to the groups, the fitbit.Com name appears but you can't seem to find this as a username in find friends when searching.
03-14-2020 04:40
03-14-2020 04:40
I have to admit, the more I look into this, the more I am getting confused.
Looking at your details, you show to me as "lalabrucey" here in the community and as "Lalabrucey N" in your fitbit.com profile (where I assume the "N" is the initial of the second part of your name of "NZ")
There is an option to send you a friend request when I look at your "Lalabrucey N" profile
I don't use the groups within the app but understand they are separate from the community so must be based around our fitbit.com profile. Can you not click on the name in the group to get to their profile?
I'm really hoping someone who understands how this all works will join the thread!
05-21-2020 08:25
05-21-2020 13:02
05-21-2020 13:02
Your User name in the groups would be what is in your Profile Lalabrucey N
You need to sign up to post here and you chose the same name minus the N.
If you want them to be the same then edit your name on your profile page to take out the N
https://www.fitbit.com/user/3KMKVV
Once there click on the gear and going to settings and you will see it at the very top.
Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android
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05-21-2020 15:56
05-21-2020 15:56
Thanks but the problem with that is you can't delete the N, the last name fields is mandatory and won't allow a blank entry
05-21-2020 21:10
05-21-2020 21:10
Than Make it a 🙂 or something 😁
Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android
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05-21-2020 21:36
05-21-2020 21:36
Can't, no special characters allowed. Spaces don't work either.
05-22-2020 22:10
05-22-2020 22:10
Then I'm sorry you are stuck with mistake
Wendy | CA | Moto G6 Android
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05-30-2020 07:40
05-30-2020 07:40
This took me way too long to figure out. I don’t know about the website, but in the app, go to your profile, then personal, then click your display name. It will show both your display name and your username and allow you to edit them.
05-31-2020 14:51 - edited 05-31-2020 15:01
05-31-2020 14:51 - edited 05-31-2020 15:01
I wondered if there was a difference between iOS and android at first because I didn't have this option in the app so just to be sure I uninstalled the app, rebooted and reinstalled now I have the option you mention which wasn't there before! Yay! Thanks for finally helping me solve this one!!