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title: "Change your name, email address and backend language"
manual: "Tutorial for Editors"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3editors:user-settings-personal-data@main"
source: "UserSettings/PersonalData/Index.rst"
rendered: "2026-09-23T16:31:23+00:00"
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# Change your name, email address and backend language {#user-settings-personal-data}

This tab holds your profile details. Your username cannot be changed.

-   **Name:** Your full name, displayed in the backend.
-   **Email:** The address used for system notifications and password resets.
-   **Notify me by email when somebody logs in from my account:** Sends you an
    email whenever somebody logs in with your account.
-   **Avatar:** The picture shown next to your name in the topbar. Use
    **Open file browser to select avatar image** to choose one.
-   **Language:** The language of the backend labels and menus.

![The Personal Data tab with the fields Name, Email, login notification, avatar and Language](../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserSettings/UserSettingsPersonalData.png)

![The language dropdown box on the Personal data tab](../../Images/ManualScreenshots/UserSettings/UserSettingsLanguage.png)

> [!NOTE]
> You can only select a language whose language pack is installed. If the
> language you need is missing, ask your administrator to install it.