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By kozliklekarsky, history, 22 months ago, In English

Hello,

If today I change my handle to dobrFranc, can I come next year to change it back to bleahbleah?

Thnak you,

Francisc

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22 months ago, # |
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no

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22 months ago, # |
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No it is clearly stated that handle name can be changed only once.

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    22 months ago, # ^ |
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    I can change it next year to something else. My question was whether it works to change the name back to its original next year

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You can change it once per year, around the New Year period.

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next year yes

but now no

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What if someone else takes your username by then? That automatically won't allow you to change to your older username

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    22 months ago, # ^ |
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    They can't, unless your account has been inactive for 5 or more years, I think...

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      22 months ago, # ^ |
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      They can't ever. Taking the names of inactive accounts only works if that user has done approximately nothing on Cideforces.

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22 months ago, # |
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Yes, just changed it back to my previous one today.