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Change your personal display name without renaming a company

Use Profile for your identity and Company settings for the business record.

Updated 2026-11-11

Full name under Your profile is your personal display name. It is shared across your companies and is separate from the Legal company name stored in each company’s business profile.

Open Settings, choose Profile, and edit Full name. Select Save changes and wait for Profile updated. The field allows up to 200 characters. Use the name colleagues should recognize when you appear in the workspace.

If the company itself has the wrong name, update the relevant company record through Company settings instead. Replacing your personal full name with a company name would change how your account is presented without correcting the company’s legal details.

Check the selected account when a profile change seems to affect more companies than expected. A shared personal profile is intentional; it does not create another membership or transfer ownership. If a saved name does not appear after a refresh, report the save result and affected screen to support. Keep your sign-in email unchanged unless you are following the separate supported email-change process.

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