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Updating a member's name in Matter

Matter uses each member's Slack or Microsoft Teams name. Edit it in Slack's Manage Members or the Microsoft Entra admin center; it updates within 24 hours.

Written by Brett Hellman

By default, Matter uses the name from your Slack or Microsoft Teams connected account. You can update this information in the respective platform settings.

Who can use this: Workspace Owners and Admins on every plan. Works the same for Slack and Microsoft Teams workspaces.

For everything on this topic, see the Workspace admin collection. Related articles: How to access the Matter web app dashboard and How to change your profile photo in Matter.

Name change may take up to 24 hours to be reflected in Matter.

Change Matter User Name in Slack

  1. Go to Manage Members, select the User, and click "..." option.

  2. Click Edit Profile.

  3. Update the Full Name and then click Save.

For more information, Slack provides this Help Article to manage member names.

The Edit profile dialog in Slack's Manage members page with the Full name field highlighted

Change Matter User Name in Microsoft Teams

  1. Go to Users, then All Users, and select the User.

  2. Click Edit Properties.

  3. In the Identity section, update the Display Name, First Name, and Last Name, and then click Save.

    1. Important Note: Matter uses the Display Name as the default name. If the Display Name is blank, we'll use the First Name and Last Name as a backup.

For more information, Microsoft provides this Help Article to manage user profiles.

A user's profile in the Microsoft Entra admin center with the Display name, First name and Last name fields highlighted
The Edit Member page in the Matter web app showing the member's Full Name and Display Name from Microsoft Teams
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