{"id":2974,"date":"2013-11-14T16:58:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T16:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/11\/14\/change-anonymous-name\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:08:46","slug":"change-anonymous-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/drupal\/change-anonymous-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Anonymous user name in Drupal 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can allow anonymous users to utlilize various features of your site such as making comments. When doing so, these unregistered users will have a specific user name. By default this is set to \u2018<em>Anonymous<\/em>\u2018, however you can change this to anything you wish. This quick Drupal 8 guide will demonstrate how to do so.<\/p>\n<h2>How to change the Anonymous username<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/drupal\/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard\/\">Log into your administrative interface.<\/a>.\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"49\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Using the top menu bar, click on <strong>Menu<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-configuration.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-12793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-configuration.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 0px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>When the second men u bar appears at the top, select the <strong>Configuration<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>This brings you to the main <emconfiguration< em=\"\"> screen where there are many categories. Select the <strong>People<\/strong> category to continue.\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/emconfiguration<><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/edu_Drupal-8_106_change-anonymous-name_1-edit-anonymous-name-field.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"List of all user canned emails\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-12810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/edu_Drupal-8_106_change-anonymous-name_1-edit-anonymous-name-field.png\" style=\"float:right; margin:0px 0px 15px 15px;\" title=\"Click here to view the larger image\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/edu_Drupal-8_106_change-anonymous-name_1-edit-anonymous-name-field.png 1018w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/edu_Drupal-8_106_change-anonymous-name_1-edit-anonymous-name-field-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/edu_Drupal-8_106_change-anonymous-name_1-edit-anonymous-name-field-768x220.png 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Now you are on the screen for <em>Account Settings<\/em>. 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This quick Drupal 8 guide will demonstrate how to do so.<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/drupal\/change-anonymous-name\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drupal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Changing the Anonymous user name in Drupal 8 | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Unregistered users receive the name &#039;Anonymous&#039; by default, this Drupal 8 guide shows you how to change that.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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