Manage your members' names in Slack
Name changes are sometimes needed for a variety of personal and professional reasons. Whatever the case may be, as an owner or admin of a workspace or an Enterprise Grid organisation, you have the option to edit the full name, display name or username fields for your members.
Edit a member's full name, display name or username
Pro and Business+ subscriptions
Enterprise Grid subscription
- From your desktop, click on your workspace name at the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Manage members.
- Click on the three dots icon to the right of the member's name that you want to edit.
- Click Edit profile.
- Enter the new full name, display name or username and click on Save.
Org level
Org owners can make name changes for members of any workspace connected to the org:
- From your desktop, click on your workspace name at the top left.
- Select Settings and administration from the menu, then click Organisation settings.
- Click on People in the left sidebar, then select Members.
- Find the member that you want to update and click on their full name.
- Click on Edit profile.
- Enter the new full name, display name or username and click on Save changes.
Workspace level
Workspace owners can make name changes for members of their individual workspace:
- From your desktop, click on your workspace name at the top left.
- Select Settings & administration from the menu, then click Manage members.
- Click on the three dots icon to the right of the member's name that you want to edit.
- Click Edit profile.
- Enter the new full name or display name and click on Save.
Note: You can't edit accounts that have the same or a higher role than you. (E.g. if you're a workspace owner, you can't change another owner's account or the workspace primary owner's account.)
When single sign-on is enabled
If your workspace uses single sign-on (SSO), you'll need to allow members to change their display names so that you'll have the option to edit them. Learn how to access your SSO settings.
Tip: Workspaces with SAML-based SSO can update members' names from within the identity provider (IDP). Changes will be refreshed the next time that the members sign in to Slack.
- Workspace owners/admins and org owners/admins
- Available on paid subscriptions
Name changes are sometimes needed for a variety of personal and professional reasons. Whatever the case may be, as an owner or admin of a workspace or an Enterprise Grid organisation, you have the option to edit the full name, display name or username fields for your members.
Edit a member's full name, display name or username
Pro and Business+ subscriptions
Enterprise Grid subscription
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
- Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage members.
- Click on the three dots icon to the right of the member's name that you want to edit.
- Click Edit profile.
- Enter the new full name, display name or username and click on Save.
Org level
Org owners can make name changes for members of any workspace connected to the org:
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
- Hover over Tools & settings, then click Organisation settings.
- Click on People in the left sidebar, then select Members.
- Find the member that you want to update and click on their full name.
- Click on Edit profile.
- Enter the new full name, display name or username and click on Save changes.
Workspace level
Workspace owners can make name changes for members of their individual workspace:
- From your desktop, click your workspace name in the sidebar.
- Hover over Tools & settings, then click Manage members.
- Click on the three dots icon to the right of the member's name that you want to edit.
- Click Edit profile.
- Enter the new full name or display name and click on Save.
Note: You can't edit accounts that have the same or a higher role than you. (E.g. if you're a workspace owner, you can't change another owner's account or the workspace primary owner's account.)
When single sign-on is enabled
If your workspace uses single sign-on (SSO), you'll need to allow members to change their display names so that you'll have the option to edit them. Learn how to access your SSO settings.
Tip: Workspaces with SAML-based SSO can update members' names from within the identity provider (IDP). Changes will be refreshed the next time that the members sign in to Slack.
- Workspace owners/admins and org owners/admins
- Available on paid subscriptions