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After changing my user name, how do I see my previous user names?

After GDPR, social networks have a data access tool where the user can see the previous user names and even biography texts and display name texts.

Is the same possible on Stack Exchange Network?

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    I don't think they are kept, your name is not how the system tracks you AFAIK. You are tracked by your ID 379894 and the name is just a bit of flair.
    – Mark Kirby
    Jul 11, 2018 at 21:47
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    As for GDPR, there is option somewhere to download all your data, doesn't it contain your past names? I didn't try downloading it yet so can't really know.
    – Shadow Wizard Is Sad And Angry
    Jul 11, 2018 at 22:48
  • @ShadowWizard Not sure. On some social networks out there, the user data archive contains the username history, on others it does not.
    – neverMind9
    Jul 11, 2018 at 22:49

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You can see your past names only up to 90 days, not before. In case you changed name in the past 90 days, go to your Edit Profile & Settings page, there you'll see "recent names" link below the Display Name field:

Click the number, and you'll see your recent names and when they were last used:

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