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title: "Chosen Name and Email Alias"
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<span style="color: #333333">Faculty, staff, and students may modify how their name is displayed in some UConn directories and request an email alias.</span>

> 📝 The self-service tool for creating an email alias has been discontinued. To request an email alias, submit a ticket by emailing [techsupport@uconn.edu](mailto:techsupport@uconn.edu).

## Chosen Name

Choose how your name is displayed in university email system and directories, like the [UConn Phonebook](https://phonebook.uconn.edu/), with the [Chosen Name tool](https://netid.uconn.edu/tools/displayname/).

## Changing Your Email Address

You are issued a default published email address in the format of [NetID@uconn.edu](mailto:NetID@uconn.edu) and an alias based on your legal name. Learn more and read about [requesting another alias or changing your published address](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IKB/pages/10744071296).