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Aug 25, 2017 · There’s been a request for being able to take already taken usernames in the past, but I don’t want to necrobump it. It’s pretty obvious why this feature would be appreciated - old accounts that have very little playtime serve basically no purpose and people have very likely forgotten about those accounts from nearly 10 years ago and the good, shorter and nicer names can’t be used. A ...
- Every Username is Taken
I recently went to change username to realise it was...
- Every Username is Taken
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- Overview
- History
- Changing usernames
- Name sniping
- Username trends
- Username restrictions
- Quotes
- Usernames with 21+ characters
- Reset Usernames for Official Roblox Events
- Real name method
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A username or player name (formerly referred to as character name) is a unique string of characters which can be used to identify a user on Roblox. Players can select any available username of their choice upon creating an account and can later change it for 1,000 Robux. Usernames may have 3 to 20 characters, consisting of numbers, letters, and up to one underscore.
During the early stages of Roblox, usernames could have spaces in them, such as John Doe and Jane Doe, but this feature was later removed on December 21, 2006, due to users impersonating other users by using spaces, and using their full names to create their username. During this time a few administrator accounts had periods in the username, this feature was likely only included during Roblox's beta period between 2004 and 2006.
In the early 2010s, if a username you wanted was taken, Roblox would add a randomly generated word to the first half of it (as a suggestion for the user) to make it untaken on the sign-up page. This feature was removed sometime after February 2017.
In early 2011 there was no character limit for usernames on IOS, usernames could be 21-50 characters long, the max amount of characters on Roblox is currently 20. This glitch was patched on August 16, 2011.
On February 24, 2016, underscores were added back into the allowed list of characters in usernames (the first time since they were initially removed back in December 2006) (the first user with an underscore in their name during this might've been roblox_tone).
On December 6, 2016 there was an exploit to obtain "any" username. This exploit worked by manipulating Roblox SignUp API to add a linebreak/newline character into the end of the username, this caused many famous users to be impersonated. This exploit went on for 2 hours and 42 minutes and a total of 4300 invalid names to be created. After this exploit was patched all of the accounts were terminated on December 8, 2016. As of March 2024 there are 6 unbanned linebreak accounts due to glitches and appeals.
In 2018, users were prevented from having usernames made up of only numbers. This was to prevent users from creating usernames of phone numbers and because Roblox was adding a login by phone number feature. Currently, Roblox usernames can consist of 3-20 characters using letters, numbers and a single underscore (_) which must not be the first or last character of the username.
Initially, users were only allowed to change their names due to either a parent's privacy concerns (such as the username being a player's full name) or per request by the moderation team due to the name violating the Roblox Terms of Service. If a user did not provide an alternate name, the username would then be changed to [ Content Deleted NUMBER ] for usernames changed prior to 2014 or ResetUserID for names changed after 2014. When a username is changed, it will often change the color of the name displayed on the in-game chat system.
A feature released on October 22, 2013, allows users to voluntarily change their usernames for a 1,000 Robux fee. This feature was highly requested by the community on the forums ever since Roblox first released. All usernames that are changed must satisfy all username requirements and policies.
Name sniping is an activity people do to find rare or lucky names only earlier people could get. For example, "Player" is an example of a name snipe. Most accounts are made for the purpose of taking the name before somebody else can; these accounts are often left inactive or rarely used. Certain groups also have communities that are dedicated to na...
Aside from name sniping, people often use username trends to make a unique name for themselves and still take the idea of name sniping or adding initials before a name. A list of popular name trends:
•(Name)Playz(Game)
•Xx(Name)xX
•x(Name)x
•(Name)HD
•(Name)Gaming
Usernames cannot contain or have:
•Inappropriate phrases in them (unless your username was reset)
•Copyright infringement.
•Only numbers.
•Spaces or any special characters in them (periods, ampersands, emojis etc.)
•Two or more underscores
These quotes are used when the username a user enters in the sign up page is not available.
•"This username is already in use." (Typing a username that was already used)
•"Please enter a username." (Having the username box empty)
•"Username not appropriate for Roblox." (Typing an inappropriate username)
•"Username might contain private information." (Typing a username that may contain private information)
•"Usernames may only contain letters, numbers, and _." (Typing characters that are not those)
In Roblox, it is possible to have usernames with 21 or more letters using glitches. These usernames mostly occur in Xbox-related profiles or profiles made for testing purposes by Roblox.
The most notable instance of this being possible was in 2011. When Roblox had first released on iOS devices they messed up the character cap. While it is unknown exactly how it was bugged it allowed users to register accounts with up to 50 characters instead of 20. The exploit was eventually leaked on the forums after around a month where it was then patched.
Initially started around 2018, Roblox started completely resetting and even banning the accounts of old usernames, then proceeding to give the new username in question to accounts made by the Roblox Admin team for their Roblox events, by resetting the original username to Reset (or UN as of 2023) and the Roblox Support Ticket number used to contact Roblox Support. This started getting more apparent in 2022 with more and more brands joining Roblox. After the resets were conducted, they change the original username of the placeholder account that they used then claiming that they made the account when they very clearly did not. They do this with absolutely zero warning to the original owners of those accounts.
•Every event account has a "placeholder" or "temp" account that is used before it gets reset.
•There are currently over 100 official accounts that got reset and made for these events.
•Roblox has used multiple ways to reset these specific accounts, which includes:
(all outdated)
•Reset(TICKET NUMBER)
You used to be able to get invalid usernames such as "blob-man" or "JJ" by having a real name in your username, then contacting Roblox Support to get a new username. They would then change it to whatever you requested, sometimes overlooking the username restrictions. This got patched in late 2019 after people realized this and started abusing it. S...
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Out of curiosity I did type in some « random » 5 characters name in the search bar on roblox and out of 10 tries I did find 2 that were allegedly not taken. cb36j & pw0m3. So maybe the probabilities aren’t that low after all. I encourage anybody that wants to take on the challenge of making a script that checks username to go ahead and do it.
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Jul 28, 2020 · I’m pretty sure player.Name returns their name, so for me, Cyafu. player.userId returns my user id, so 131517131 or something for me. player.displayName returns the player’s display name, so like the name that hovers over player’s heads, or the name that people see when they chat. Once again, pretty sure but ya might need to double check.
