Managing Your Name
Once you own a name you can decide what it points at, what picture and banner it shows, and which links it carries. All of it lives in one place.
Opening the editor
Connect your wallet.
Go to Profile → Names (or the Names menu → My Names).
Click Edit on the name you want to change.
Everything below is edited in that one panel and saved in a single transaction, so multiple changes require only one signature.
Associated address — what the name points at
The Associated Address is the address people reach when they resolve your name. Pick one of three modes:
Wallet Address
Points the name at your own connected wallet. This is what makes @yourname appear instead of your address across Stargaze.
Collection Address
Points the name at a collection contract you created. The collection then gets a readable URL and shows the name on the site.
No Association
The name resolves to nothing. Use this for names you hold to trade or gift.
For Collection Address, a dropdown lists the collections your wallet created — pick one and the address fills itself in. You can also paste a contract address directly; it must be a valid Cosmos Hub contract address, and you must be its admin.
One address, one name. An address can resolve to only one name at a time. Pointing a second name at the same wallet moves the association — the first name stays yours, it just stops being your display name.
Profile picture and banner
Two pickers let you choose NFTs you already own:
Profile Image NFT — becomes your avatar on Stargaze
Banner NFT — becomes the banner across the top of your profile
Click the picker, choose a collection, then choose a token. You must own the NFT at the moment you save; the chain checks it.
If you later sell that NFT, the pointer stays where it is — it just points at something you no longer own. Update it when that happens.
Links and records
Five records can be attached to a name:
X (Twitter)
handle only, 2–15 characters (letters, numbers, underscores)
Discord
username, 2–32 lowercase characters (letters, numbers, dots, underscores)
Telegram
username, 5–32 characters (letters, numbers, underscores)
Website
a full URL, e.g. https://example.com
EVM Address
0x followed by 40 hex characters
Type the value, leave the rest blank, and hit Save Changes. Clearing a field removes that record.
Verified records
An X handle can carry a Verified badge. If you edit a record that is currently verified, a note appears under the field:
Saving a change to this record removes its verification.
That's expected — verification is tied to the exact value that was checked, so changing the value invalidates it.
Saving
Save Changes builds one transaction containing only the fields you changed, and Keplr shows it for approval. Fields you didn't touch are left alone.
The button stays disabled until there's a real change to save, so if nothing happens when you click it, nothing has changed yet.
Actions that clear your settings
Moving a name erases everything attached to it. Whenever a name changes hands — a transfer, a sale, or simply being placed into marketplace escrow — its associated address, its reverse link, all five text records, its profile picture and its banner are cleared.
That means:
Transferring or selling a name hands the buyer a completely clean name. Nothing of yours travels with it. That's by design — you don't want your Discord handle following a name you sold.
Listing a name for sale escrows it, which counts as a move. Listing and then cancelling the listing gets the name back, but your records will be gone and you'll have to set them up again.
Consider this before listing a name you use as your identity. If you are testing the market on price, be prepared to set your profile up again.
Renewing a name does not touch any of this — renewals never move the NFT.
When editing is blocked
The Edit button is greyed out in two cases, with a tooltip explaining why:
Listed names cannot be edited until they are delisted
Auctioned names cannot be edited while the auction is live
While a name sits in marketplace or auction escrow, your wallet isn't holding it, so the chain won't accept edits from you. Cancel the listing or auction to get it back.
Renew remains available the whole time.
Next steps
Renewing a Name — keep it alive
Buying & Selling Names — what a listing does to your name
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