It happens to many of us that when we create a Fiverr account, we put some random username without thinking much about it. But later at a point, we feel that the username should be more related to what we do or related to our name instead of some random name. And then we wonder about “how to change Fiverr username?”

But that is actually too late to change it.

How to change Fiverr username?

According to Fiverr, it is not possible for Fiverr users to change the username of their accounts.

But why?

I completely understand that you wanted to know “how to change fiverr username?” but after knowing that it is not possible, you must be thinking “but why?”

No worries.

Let us get a little deep into it to understand why Fiverr does not allow to change of Fiverr username.

It is because of the uniqueness of the usernames.

The database of Fiverr saves all the data of the users who create accounts on Fiverr.

Database saves data in table forms, you can think of it as a spreadsheet.

In that database, there is a row for each user’s username and columns that has the attributes like name, email, gigs, password, etc.

To better understand you can see the below screenshot. This is something how data is saved in a database. I made it on a spreadsheet to give you an idea about what I am explaining:

Like this, they have thousands of users’ data stored in their database. All the information of each Fiverr profile is linked with its specific unique username.

So,

to find out any user’s data, there is need to must keep something unique in each row so that it would be easier for Fiverr to search, update, or delete data for specific users, therefore, they keep the username unique so that they can search the user in their database using that unique username.

You might be thinking that email addresses are unique too, so why they don’t use email addresses as a unique thing to search the data from their database.

The reason why email addresses are not used is that when a user changes their email address then the email address will get updated in the database too, and then Fiverr would not be able to get the data of that email address in their database.

If you are still wondering how to change fiverr username?

Then the only possible solution is to deactivate your current Fiverr account and then create a new one.

Can we keep the same email address?

To use this same email address in a new Fiverr account, you would have to disconnect this email address from your current account before deactivating this account.

To disconnect your email address from your current account, you would have to change this email address to another email address in your Fiverr account’s settings by following the below steps:

1- Go to your profile setting.

2- In the EMAIL section, type your new email and click on the

save changes green button.

3- After this, you will receive an email at your current email address for confirmation. After your confirmation you will receive another email on your new email address to finalize it, then your email address will be successfully updated.

After this process, you will be able to use your disconnected email address in your new Fiverr account.

Now, before you create a new account, you must deactivate your this current account.

Before you deactivate your account, must withdraw your funds from your account.

To deactivate your account follow the below steps:

1- Go to your profile setting

2- Select the reason for deactivating the account and click on the “Deactivate Account” green button.

Hurray!!

Now you can make a new Fiverr account with a new username.

How to change Fiverr username? (Conclusion)

If you have a seller account with a good reputation and with good ratings, in this case, I don’t think you should deactivate your account just for the username.

Because when you will deactivate your current account, you will lose all the positive feedbacks that your gigs have.

And we all know it takes a lot of time and effort to make the client satisfied to earn those positive ratings.

Also, I don’t think the username does matter much for buyers, all they need is a great offer and a great service by a great seller who would have great skills in what he/she does.

I hope the topic “How to change Fiverr username?” is clear now. If you have any questions, feel free to comment below and I will be happy to answer.