Abandon it and create a new free account with the username you would prefer to have. You might be charged some fee if your IP address is marked as evil.
Even if you have rights to change your username, something need to be noted.
- Only display name is changed.
- Username is unchanged.
- Username is always in the forum database for use, just in case.
Done. Now only moderators, Donators, and VIP members can change their names automatically. Other members should contact me. I'll probably ignore your request if you have less than 50 posts (unless your posts are very good).
You can't. You can try PM an admin and they may do it, but they usually don't. You can just create another account with that name if you feel like you need it.
Each user has a display name, which is the only name ordinary users see, and a username, which is what you use to log-in with. Almost always, they are the same.
If I change a name for reasons of appearance, then I only change the display name. The username remains reserved, the user can still login using the username, PMs can still be sent to that username, "search member" allows searching for the old username, etc.
If I change a name for reasons of privacy, then I change both the username and the display name. In this case, it is possibly hazardous to reserve the old username, since it allows someone to test for the existence of that username, possibly defeating the privacy benefit. If you're worried about being impersonated, then simply don't seek to have your username changed.