nextcloud / nextcloud/server

Change/rename login name

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Since Sep 30, 2025.

❄️ 2026-Winter 0. Needs triage enhancement feature: authentication feature: users and groups hotspot: account name handling
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Description

Hi,

I would like to rename/change my login name and we can't do that for now on Nextcloud.
Can you support it?

For now:

Each Nextcloud user has two names: a unique Login Name used for authentication, and a Full Name, which is their display name. You can edit the display name of a user, but you cannot change the login name of any user.

Thanks,

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