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KAI-Norway-VR
Honored Guest

I made a new meta acount, but i cant make a username.

Wathever name i am trying i get username not available.

I tried random letters and numbers so i now i get not available even if no one is using it. What to do?

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MetaQuestSupport
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hi there, KAI-Norway-VR! We appreciate you reaching out with this report, and we're happy to help.


To start, we'd like to confirm you are creating a new username that meets the User Name Requirements. Please note that the system is able to block any usernames that are found to have offensive words.


Additionally, we would like to confirm if you are creating your account via desktop browser or mobile app. If via your desktop browser, have you cleared your cache and cookies, or checked for any available updates? And, if the mobile app, have you tried signing in and out and/or uninstalling and reinstalling the app?

 

Please let us know if any of these steps helped to resolve this issue or if there is any additional information or assistance we can provide.

If you're the author of a thread, remember to mark a reply as the Accepted Solution to help others find answers!

MetaQuestSupport
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hi, again! We're just stopping by to see if we could provide any additional assistance or information. We look forward to your reply!

If you're the author of a thread, remember to mark a reply as the Accepted Solution to help others find answers!

Billsmafia589mom
Honored Guest

Did you ever get it to work? My son just got his new meta quest 3 and anything and everything he tries it says unavailable. We tried deleting app and restarting, waiting a couple days, still same problem. 

This does not work.

Hey there, @Billsmafia589mom Thanks for reaching out to us about this! There's a few requirements that must be satisfied. For the user name specifically:

 

  • Between 3 - 30 characters in length
  • Contains at least one letter
  • Starts and ends with a letter or number
  • Can use only numbers, letters, underscores, and periods
  • No consecutive underscores or periods

Please make sure all of these are satisfied for your user name! Please let us know how you're getting on!

If you're the author of a thread, remember to mark a reply as the Accepted Solution to help others find answers!

Hi again, @Billsmafia589mom. We're following up to see if you're still running into issues with creating a username. If so, we'll be happy to look into this further with you over PM, where we can securely collect additional information to investigate. 

 

Please select our name to get to our profile page, or click here. Next, click "Send a Message" to privately message us! Please remember, you must be signed into the community first to send us a private message.

If you're the author of a thread, remember to mark a reply as the Accepted Solution to help others find answers!

sza.780804
Honored Guest

I had the same problem for 2 weeks. Then finally it lets me to choose a username. Strange that username suggested by the app was also unacceptable by itself😟

Hello, 

 

Please select our name to get to our profile page, or click here: https://metaque.st/CommunitySupport. Next, click "Send a Message" to privately message us! Please remember, you must be signed into the community first to send us a private message. Looking forward to helping you out. 

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