Random username generator
Usernames that don’t point back to you. Random words and digits, a fresh one for every site, generated on your device.
Usernames and privacy
People reuse usernames far more than passwords, and that’s how separate parts of a life get stitched together: the same handle on a gaming forum, a dating app and a work account. Open-source investigators routinely check one username across hundreds of sites in seconds.
A throwaway username per site breaks that link. Pair it with an email alias (many mail providers and password managers offer them) and a unique password from the password generator, and a breach at one site tells an attacker nothing about the others.
Tips
- Save the username in your password manager next to the password, so you don’t need to remember it.
- Avoid your name, birth year, city or anything from your other profiles.
- Where the username is shown publicly, pick one you’re happy to see next to your posts; you can generate as many as you like.
Questions people ask
Why use a random username?
A username you reuse everywhere ties your accounts together. Anyone can search it and find your other profiles, and data brokers link them automatically. A different random username per site keeps those identities separate.
Are these usernames unique?
Each one is built from random words out of 7,776 and optional digits, so there are hundreds of millions of combinations per style, but this tool cannot check whether a particular site already has one taken. Generate a few and try them.
Where do the words come from?
The EFF large wordlist, published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for passphrases. It is made of common, easy-to-spell English words and avoids offensive terms.
Should my username be secret?
Usernames are usually public, so they add little security on their own. Combine a random username with a unique password and two-factor authentication. On sites where your username is also your login name, a random one does make targeted guessing harder.