Profile visibility: hide full name

[helgatheviking]

https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/profile-and-visibility

When I visit the profile and visibility page, the only option for my Full Name is display to "Anyone". How can I change that? My full name absolutely doesn't need to be visible.

[Shashank Dubey · Accepted solution]

Hi @helgatheviking ,

✅ Change Your Public Name

This is the workaround if you don’t want your real name shown publicly:

Go to https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/profile-and-visibility⁠�
Edit the Public Name field.
Save a nickname or initials instead of your full legal name.

This is the name displayed in public places like Atlassian Community, Jira comments, etc. 

So while the system shows your Full Name as “Anyone” in visibility, what most others will actually see in community sites is your Public Name — and that you can control.

I hope this may help you out.

[helgatheviking]

Thank you! I guess looking just at this forum post, it's already using my handle instead of my full name. I will edit my name to initials too.

[Blerine Muliqi]

You can't change that because full name is required for specific reasons. If you do not want your full name to not be visible, just put your initials. That works. :) 

You can read more about this here: https://support.atlassian.com/atlassian-account/docs/update-your-profile-and-visibility-settings/

[helgatheviking]

Thank you! The doc was confusing because "Anyone" was the only option and it wasn't obvious how to edit the name, but after your message I realized that I could edit that too.