How to Change Your Email Display Name in Microsoft 365

Outlook on the web

Faculty and staff

1. Go to stanfordyou.stanford.edu.
2. Click Maintain your directory and AlertSU emergency contact information.
3. In the Name & ID section, click change.
4. Enter your preferred name and click Save.
   Note: Special characters will not appear in email display names.

Students and graduate students

1. Go to Axess.
2. Click Student.
3. Scroll to Personal Information and click Names.
4. The Preferred Name you see displayed on this page may not be accurate.  On the Preferred Name line, click Edit.
5. Adjust your preferred name as necessary and Save.
   Note: Special characters will not appear in email display names.
   Note: It takes a few minutes for your name change to show up on stanfordwho.stanford.edu and a few hours for Microsoft 365 to update.

Outlook on Windows

• Same as Outlook on the web

Outlook on Mac

• Same as Outlook on the web