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- add procedure to refelct current software
- related to home-assistant/frontend#21162
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As an extra level of security, you can turn on [multi-factor authentication](/docs/authentication/multi-factor-auth/).

## Changing person or user name

To learn how to change person or user names, refer to [setting up basic information](/docs/configuration/basic/).

## Other authentication techniques

Home Assistant provides several ways to authenticate. See the [Auth providers](/docs/authentication/providers/) section.
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![Setting fields are grayed out because the configuration settings stored in configuration.yaml file](/images/docs/configuration/general-settings-stored-in-config-yaml.png)

5. To apply the changes, follow the steps on [reloading the configuration](/docs/configuration/#reloading-configuration-changes).

## Changing a person's display name

The display name is the name that is shown in Home Assistant. It can differ from the user name, which is the name used to log in.

### Prerequisites

- You need administrator rights to change a display name.

## To change a display name

1. To edit the display name of a person using Home Assistant, go to {% my people title="**Settings** > **People**" %} and select the person for which you want to change the display name.
2. Change the display name and select **Update** to save the change.

## Changing a user name

The user name is the name that is used to log in. It can differ from the display name.

### Prerequisites

- You need owner rights to change a user name.

### To change a user name

1. To edit the user name of a person using Home Assistant, go to {% my people title="**Settings** > **People**" %} and select the person for which you want to change the display name.
2. Change the user name and select **Update** to save the change.
- The log in is case-sensitive.

## Changing authentication settings

To learn how to edit authentication settings such as password or multi-factor authentication, refer to the following topics:

- [Authentication](/docs/authentication/)
- [multi-factor authentication](/docs/authentication/multi-factor-auth/)
- [Help, I'm locked out](/docs/locked_out/)

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