# Rename other Users (clientside)

**URL:** https://forum.mattermost.com/t/rename-other-users-clientside/5140
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [June 15, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/rename-other-users-clientside/5140 "2018-06-15T10:13:18Z")
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#### Post date: [June 15, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/rename-other-users-clientside/5140/4 "2018-06-15T17:09:51Z")

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Hey @amy.blais, thanks for the quick answer 🙂

The thing is (the title is misleading probably), I can’t rename the users on the server, since I am not the admin.  
The question was more about how I could change the name displayed for me. I didn’t find any contact management whatsoever, there is only one global user list.

The functionality I’m talking about would require to save a list of contacts for every user, with settings you can change for each contact. (basically the [roster](https://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6121.html#intro-requirements) one has on xmpp servers).

I’m assuming this is doable with a custom client, but then I’d have to change the names on all clients, or implement client sync.

Example:  
Other user has the name **I-have-a-nickname-with-text-you-dont-want-to-have-20-times-on-your-screen-while-chatting-to-me** which I would like to change to **Tom** , and talk to him like this, no matter how he sets his name.

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