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Unable to change Factorio username!

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I know this isn't anything game breaking, but I do want to change my Factorio username. I can't find an option to do so.... maybe someone can help me?

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Do you want to change the one that you login with or just when you play MP? Because in game you can change it.

Go to Options then Other and you will see MP Username there.

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Also, if you want to change the username you log in with, you can email support@factorio.com with the request.

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Thanks! Will try contacting them!

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Apologies for the necro, this thread is the top result on Google for "factorio change username", and after emailing support as advised above I was told that the option to change username is now under your profile settings at https://www.factorio.com/profile.

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I just looked and I don't get an option to change my ingame name

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suvonnie wrote:
Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:36 am
Apologies for the necro, this thread is the top result on Google for "factorio change username", and after emailing support as advised above I was told that the option to change username is now under your profile settings at https://www.factorio.com/profile.
Absolute legend. One question; what will happen to items I had in multiplayer servers after i change name?

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Re: Unable to change Factorio username!

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Justderpingalong wrote:
Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:38 am
Absolute legend. One question; what will happen to items I had in multiplayer servers after i change name?
I changed my username and now all my items are gone.

If you change your name your save game will see your new name as a new character. You can use a console command to swap your character back in-game:
/swap-players old-username new-username
(https://factorio.com/support/help)

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