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Okay, Jagex has stated that when your old display name is taken, that the icon for name changes would go away. (The one next to your name in friends list) I had changed by name to the same thing last month (like a lot of other people do so there is no trace of your old name) and I was wondering when, if ever, will the icon go away from my name? If anybody knows the answer this would be great. I do know that Excl changed his name to the same thing, and some time later the icon was gone for him, but he may just have good enough connections to Jagex that he asked them to remove it :P

 

Anyway, any help is appreciated!

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Okay, Jagex has stated that when your old display name is taken, that the icon for name changes would go away. (The one next to your name in friends list) I had changed by name to the same thing last month (like a lot of other people do so there is no trace of your old name) and I was wondering when, if ever, will the icon go away from my name? If anybody knows the answer this would be great. I do know that Excl changed his name to the same thing, and some time later the icon was gone for him, but he may just have good enough connections to Jagex that he asked them to remove it :P

 

Anyway, any help is appreciated!

Thanks!

 

I believe after 30 days, my friends have done the same thing and it seems like it went away then

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If that is the case I hope everyone, including myself, has a good memory. If that icon goes away can you still hover your mouse over their name to see what it used to be? If not then it'll be hard to keep tract of who's whom.

 
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Some players have the icon for months after months, and for some it goes away after like 2 weeks; it's pretty random but expect it to go away in the next month or two at the most.

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I don't think it's random, I think it depends on how long you had the name before it.

It took 6 months for some of my friend's icons to go after their first name change, but with people who changed before, it only lasted a month.

I've had mine since my 2nd name change (Haven't changed since).

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I would assume it's the same as how long your previous name remains reserved for you only. Check their update news post (or the KB) for details on that.

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The icon is essentially a placeholder for your previous username.

 

The longer you've had the username you changed it from, the longer the icon will be there.

 

I am guessing this applies to when you change it from your original sign in name too. Because i've had my main for roughly 4 years and my icon stayed for a solid 4 months when i changed it.

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