How do I change my UConn email address?

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After reading this article students, faculty, and staff should be able to:

  • Change their UConn email address by creating a valid personal name
  • Select the name you want published in the email systems, UConn phonebook, and UConn directories
  • Delete a personal name

Personal names (or aliases) allow UConn faculty, staff, and students to create personalized e-mail addresses in addition to the name originally assigned to them by the University.

 

What is considered a valid personal name?

Typically, personal names are a variant of your name (e.g., john.smith@uconn.edu or john.e.smith@uconn.edu), but you may create any name that uses valid address characters. E-mail aliases are not case sensitive and can be entered in lowercase, uppercase, or a combination of the two. Valid alias submissions will be automatically implemented.

 

Note:

If a Personal Name has already been assigned to a staff member, it will not be available until six months after that person leaves the University. If a Personal Name has been assigned to a student, that name is unavailable. Personal Names cannot be reserved.

 

How do I create a personal name?

  1. Go to pername.uconn.edu and log in with NetID credentials.
  2. Click Add Personal Name from the left-hand side.
  3. Enter the desired personal name.  Do not include “@uconn.edu” as that is built-in.
  4. Click Add APN.
  5. A green success bar should appear and it will appear as an alternate personal name.

How do I change the email address that is published in the email systems and UConn phonebook?

  1. Go to uconn.edu and log in with NetID credentials.
  2. Click Select Published Name from the left-hand side.
  3. Under “Publish a Personal Name,” click the radio button beside the name you wish to have shown in the email systems and UConn phonebook.
  4. Click Change PPN.
  5. A green success bar will appear noting your new published personal name.

 

Note:

The email address you choose for your published personal name will become your new login for your email account, either Office 365 (for faculty and staff) or Gmail (for students). This change can take up to an hour, and email will be inaccessible during this time. If you cannot access your email after an hour, change your NetID password and try again.

 

How do I change the display name in UConn directories?

  1. Go to uconn.edu and log in with NetID credentials.
  2. Click Change Display Name from the left-hand side.
  3. Under “Change your UConn Email Directory Display Name,” enter the name you wish displayed
  4. Click Change your UConn Email Directory Display Name.
  5. A green success bar will appear noting your new display name.

 

How do I delete a personal name?

  1. Go to uconn.edu and log in with NetID credentials.
  2. Click Delete Personal Name from the left-hand side.
  3. Under “Delete an Alternate Personal Name (APN),” click the radio button beside the name you wish to delete.
  4. Click Delete APN.
  5. A green success bar will appear noting that the selected APN was successfully deleted.

 

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Last Modified: 6/7/2017