How to Change Your Discord Username
On Discord your username is made up of two components: the username per-se, the one you picked yourself when you first created your account on the network. Then, there’s your Discord tag which is a unique number indicator that shows up beside your username and ranges from 0001 and 9999. This discriminator is randomly generated and is separated from the username by a “#” character. While users can change their usernames, only Discord Nitro subscribers can customize their tags. To change your Discord username on a regular account, follow these steps:
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That’s it, you now have a new username on Discord. However, keep in mind that your tag has remained the same in this method.
How to Change Your Discord Tag without Nitro
If you really want to change your Discord tag, you can do so even without a Nitro subscription. However, note that you won’t be able to pick it yourself. Instead, we’ll show you how you can generate a new random tag, which hopefully you’ll like better than the old one.
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How to Change Your Nickname on Discord
With nicknames you can customize your name in each sever that you’re in, provided you have the right permissions to do so. There are two permissions dedicated to nickname usage: “Change Nickname” and “Manage Nickname”. It’s easy to check if you can change your nickname, here’s how it’s done.
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In both cases, if it turns out that you can’t type in the Nickname field, you might want to reach out to the server owners or administrators to see if they can grant you the permissions needed for you to change your nickname on their server.
How to Change Other People’s Nicknames on a Server
If you have the “Manage Nicknames” permission activated, you can also tweak other users’ nicknames on a server. However, in most cases, when you’re using other people’s servers you won’t probably be able to do so. But if you have your own server, this is how you can change someone’s nickname in there.
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Now that you’ve changed their nickname on your server, they will show up as such in the list of members in the server’s channels. If you tap/click on that specific nickname, you’ll see their username underneath. Image credit: Pexels
