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=== What if I forget my username? ===
If you have forgotten your username, these steps may help you recover it:
*Depending on your browser settings, you may find that the log in page redisplays the last username that was used on that computer.
*If you have received any emails from Wikipedia, these will include the username.
*If you can remember the names of any of Wikipedia pages that you edited while logged in, the username will be listed as part of the [[Help:page history|page history]] of those pages.
*If you can remember the first part of the name, [[Special:ListUsers|this search page]] may help you remember the rest of it.
*If you previously entered an email address when signing up for the account or in your Preferences, ''and'' you still have access to that email account, ''and'' you did not tick the preference checkbox "Send password reset emails only when both email address and username are provided", then you can go to the login screen and click 'Reset your password'. Enter that email address on [[Special:PasswordReset|the next screen]] ([[Special:PasswordReset]]), and the system will send an email containing, among other things, a reminder of your user name.
If none of these steps are successful you will have to start again with a new account. Wikipedia administrators will not be able to help you work out your username from your email address or your IP address.

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