# Changing the characters name

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/changing-the-characters-name/421718>\
**Category:** Player Features & Ideas\
**Created:** [September 25, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/changing-the-characters-name/421718 "2023-09-25T06:28:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Io\_Koval](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/io_koval/32/282426_2.png) [@Io\_Koval](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Io_Koval)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/changing-the-characters-name/421718/18 "2023-09-27T07:10:58Z")

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> [@Anthony\_FatTony\_Amico](#):
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> So, I know it is a different person and will act accordingly.

That’s not true. You can transfer a character between two different accounts that the same person owns.

There’s even a guy on this very forum updating his character thread every time he does this (to get his character to redeem an account-bound skin):

> [@A message to future recruiters of myself](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/a-message-to-future-recruiters-of-myself/404652):
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> Hi, not sure what do in the future but i heard sometimes you get problems with corporation recruiters when you have char transfers in your back. This is a transfer between my two accounts because i get this skin and as far i know was given to the winners of a small tournaments some time ago [draugur], and really the others two characters i have are baby alphas. Probably i recreate the other two nice names in the same account, but i am transferring to get the skin and activate the promo of 300…

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