Note: Our Terms of Use require you to enter your legal name when creating a Pokémon Trainer Club (PTC) account. Failure to provide your legal name will lead to the deletion of your account and may result in the loss of your player history as well as any points associated with your account. Please note that failure to comply with the Terms of Use will also affect applications to the Professor Program.
How to Display Your Screen Name Instead of Your Legal Name
If you wish to display a name other than your legal name at Play! Pokémon events, you may do so by following these instructions to show your screen name. You must follow these instructions if you do not want your legal name to appear publicly in Play! Pokémon events.
- Log in to your Pokémon Trainer Club account.
- From the left sidebar, navigate to Play! Pokémon Settings.
- In the box that shows Play! Pokémon Preferences, change your selection to Screen Name.
- Save your updated preferences by selecting Submit.
If you wish to update your screen name, reach out to Customer Support here. To make any other changes to your account, please log in to your Pokémon Trainer Club account and select Edit Profile.
If you need any assistance in understanding how to make changes to your profile, please reach out to Customer Support here.