# Your username

> Your public address, the 14-day wait between changes, and why the old link stops working the moment you change it.

Source: https://www.revquix.com/docs/account/your-username
Last verified: 2026-09-03

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Your username is your address: **`revquix.com/u/<username>`**. It is the link you paste into an
application, a bio or a message.

## Changing it

You can change it, but not freely.

> **Warning** - There is a 14-day wait between changes
>
> Once you change it you cannot change again for 14 days. The panel shows the date your next change
> unlocks. The wait exists because a username is a public address other people are holding - one that
> moves weekly is not an address at all.

Changing is never a single click. You type the new name, it is checked as you type, and you confirm
in a separate step - because this changes a URL rather than a display setting.

## The old link stops working

> **Warning** - There is no redirect from your old username
>
> Anyone holding your previous profile link gets a not-found page. If you have sent it out recently -
> in an application, a signature, a post - send the new one too, or change it before you start sending
> rather than after.

## Casing

Usernames are case-insensitive. `Priya` and `priya` are the same name, and nobody else can take the
other casing. Your chosen casing is what displays.

That also means you cannot "free up" a name by changing only its capitals.

## Choosing one

- **Something you would say out loud.** It goes in applications and conversations.
- **Close to your real name** if you are job-hunting. A handle nobody connects to you is a small tax
  on every introduction.
- **Not tied to a job or a year.** `priya-at-acme` and `priya2024` both expire.

## If the name you want is taken

Usernames are not released when an account is deleted, so a free-looking name may be held. There is
no waiting list - pick another.

- [Sharing and embedding](https://www.revquix.com/docs/account/sharing-and-embedding) - Once you have settled on it.

- [Your public profile](https://www.revquix.com/docs/account/your-public-profile) - What the address points at.