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9 months ago
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my account name changed

i never touched my name but it changed to a name that i’ve never used with any of my other accounts of my xbox accounts.

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  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    9 months ago

    Hey @tellmehowtoaim,

    You can check your account connections page here just to make sure any name changes you're seeing are from a platform linked to your current EA Account. 

    If changes were made to this or another account that you didn't make, I'd definitely go through these security steps to make sure no one else may have access.

    If anything was changed that you need help changing back, please get in touch with support so they can make sure the account's secure as well.

  • i have enabled pretty much every option to 2 factor authentication and the name that it was changed to is the full name of one of my friends.

  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    9 months ago

    Hey @tellmehowtoaim,

    I don't see any of the platforms connected here using an actual name.

    Note that if the name being changed was from another platform like Xbox, you'll want to check with their support instead. An Xbox account name couldn't be changed through your EA Account details.

    If this was the EA ID of a different EA Account, you'll want to contact our support directly using the link in my previous post. We wouldn't be able to make any changes here on the forums. 

  • that’s the thing my name on xbox is my normal name for some reason my name has been changed to one of my friends names with (“) and : which to my knowledge aren’t available for apex names.

  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    9 months ago

    @tellmehowtoaim 

    To be clear, you're saying this just happens in-game on your Xbox? Which name is being changed, and what platform are you on?

    While quotation marks aren't typically available, there are some situations people can use normally unavailable characters in their names. Those are being looked into, but wouldn't cause the name itself to be changed, especially to one of your friend's names.

    You'll want to look at who has access to whichever account name is being changed - if this is while you're on Xbox, it would be pulling that from your Xbox gamertag, which isn't set through your EA Account details.

    If you're playing on Steam, you'd need to check the Steam username, if through the EA app then your EA ID here (though this would also change your forum name), etc.

  • it changed yesterday on my xbox but my xbox name has remained the same name. The only accounts that are on my xbox are my own just separate accounts.