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jba33
Copper Contributor
Oct 27, 2016
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Does anyone know how to hide the login name in the upper right of the Excel client?

 

 

 

When recording demos I want to be able to hide the login name. Example above.  Video creation software allows you to mask it but it can become very difficult when the video moves around a lot.

 

I know I can hide the entire menu/ribbon but I don't want to do that. Also tried changing my Office 365 display name to something else and that doesn't work.

 

Thanks,

Jim

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  • Kidd Wong's avatar
    Kidd Wong
    Nov 18, 2016
    As far as I know, the display name of account is a part of the UI and not able to disable. I can understand it maybe not convenience while video recording. How about adjusting the recording area excluding that part on your video? Hope it helps.
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    Invisible Up
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 12, 2018

    You can temporarily change the displayed username by editing the registry. For Office 2013, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Identity\Identities in RegEdit and edit the key "FriendlyName" to whatever you want.

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      jba33
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 25, 2018

      Thanks for the reply.  This does work for a single Excel session but after closing Excel it is set back to my user name.  Still helpful though!

  • Kidd Wong's avatar
    Kidd Wong
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 18, 2016
    As far as I know, the display name of account is a part of the UI and not able to disable. I can understand it maybe not convenience while video recording. How about adjusting the recording area excluding that part on your video? Hope it helps.

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