Username and profile

Your Colli username identifies you across Colli apps. It is public on Glob Social and shown to people you collaborate with in Glob. Your profile photo and your shared-canvas cursor settings are separate controls.

For example, changing Cursor name changes the name beside your cursor in a shared canvas. It does not rename your Colli account.

Choose or change your username#

Open your Colli account. Beside Username, choose Change. If you have no name, choose Choose a username.

Enter your name and select Save username. If you reached this screen while signing in to an app, the button reads Save and continue.

Your username must:

• contain 3–20 characters;
• start with an English letter;
• use only English letters, digits and underscores;
• be available for your account.

An email address is not a username. Names ending in -AI are reserved for connected tools rather than people.

How often you can change it#

You can change your username once every 30 days and at most three times in a year. Choosing your first name is separate from those ordinary rename limits.

Your previous name is held for you for a year. During that period, another account cannot take it. Choosing one of your held names again still counts as a change, so the rename limits apply.

Do not rely on changing capitalisation or punctuation to make an unavailable name available. If you see That username is taken. or That username is reserved., choose a different name. The form also explains when the 30-day or yearly limit prevents a change.

If you must choose a replacement#

The screen Choose a new username means the previous name was removed by Colli staff. Enter a replacement to continue signing in to the app. This screen keeps the pending sign-in ready to continue after you save.

For help with a name or a change you cannot complete, contact [email protected].

Change your Colli profile photo#

On the Colli account page, choose Add photo, or Change photo when one is already set. Select a PNG, JPEG or WebP image up to 1 MB. The upload begins when you choose the file. Choose Remove to remove the photo.

In Glob for Web and the Linux app, open Settings → Profile & account settings → Profile. The corresponding controls are Upload photo, Replace photo and Remove. With no photo, the panel shows the first letter of your email address.

If you see “That image is larger than 1 MB. Try a smaller one.”, export a smaller image and try again. Renaming a file's extension does not convert its format. An unsupported file needs to be exported as PNG, JPEG or WebP.

This is the Colli profile photo. Glob Social has its own profile and avatar controls; follow that app's guide when changing the avatar other people see there.

Set your shared-canvas cursor#

In Glob for Web or the Linux app, open Settings → Profile & account settings → Profile → Cursor appearance.

Use either colour picker or enter a colour such as #3b82f6. The preview shows the combination before you save. Select Save cursor and look for Saved. If saving fails, the panel shows an error; try again after checking your connection.

A blank cursor name falls back to Collaborator. The panel also shows your Email and Account ID for reference. Those entries are not editable fields.

For how account and profile information is handled, see the Privacy Policy.