--- title: How to customize the full name string for a PII-safe identifier description: Using custom strings to ensure your project UI is kept PII safe --- [Skip to content](https://learn2.centercode.com/en/how-to-customize-the-full-name-string-for-a-pii-safe-identifier#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Report an Issue](https://learn2.centercode.com/en/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [Customer portal](https://help.centercode.com/admin-portal?hsLang=en) ![New\_Centercode\_Logo.png\]](https://learn2.centercode.com/hs-fs/hubfs/New_Centercode_Logo.png?height=35&name=New_Centercode_Logo.png) - [Centercode Blog](https://www.centercode.com/blog) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Centercode Blog](https://www.centercode.com/blog) - English Show submenu for translations - [Report an Issue](https://learn2.centercode.com/en/kb-tickets/new) - [Customer portal](https://help.centercode.com/admin-portal) - Starter & Delta Edition Help Starter & Delta Edition Help How can we help? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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While display names are intended to be a public alias and not contain any sensitive information, they can find themselves containing personal information if the user included it or it was fed through a single sign-on identity provider.  ![](https://t.gyazo.com/teams/centercode/683989f71e15c5bba8e09843fa4f2c43.png) ### Customizing the full name string If you need to ensure that there's no way for a tester's displayed identifier to contain PII, follow [the steps linked here](https://help.centercode.com/en/how-do-i-modify-the-terminology-used-throughout-my-site?hsLang=en) as a community administrator to modify your strings. In your project string set, following the instructions in the linked article, search for and modify the **gl\_fullnameprim** string. Depending on how you want your users to be identified, our best practices for changing that string are: | Ted Adams | :firstname: :lastname: | | --- | --- | | Ted A. | :firstname: :lastinitial:. | | T. Adams | :firstinitial:. :lastname: | | T. A. | :firstinitial:. :lastinitial:. | Take note that the name strings don't include any additional characters, so to add punctuation to either initial, we've included a period where appropriate. ### Notes - Changing this string will change full names everywhere, even in user management, reports, and exports. 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