This field of Stack Exchange profiles keeps track of recently used display names. It is a private field, visible only to moderators and the user who owns the profile. Use this tag for questions specifically relating to this field.

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Is there a way to see your previously used names on your profile?

I can't seem to find a way to look up the previous names of a profile. I think it was called Recent Names. I'm pretty sure that was a feature a while ago... but it might have been removed when the ...
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Had an identity crisis, decided I want to revert my name change

I decided to change my display name to something a little bit more direct a couple days ago, but recently changed my mind. Unfortunately, I'm unable to revert back to my old display name, as I can ...
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Removing 'Recent name' from Stack Exchange profile

I've searched around Meta (I may be looking at the wrong place) and haven't found a question regarding this issue. I would like to remove "Recent names" or better, any particular name inside that ...
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Can we have links to the actual user profile in comments?

I've a situation here - somebody changed my username (obviously to something I do not wish to have) using my computer while I was logged in. When I tried to change it back I got an error message ...
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