How to Show Display Name on Top Navigation Bar in Office 365 Web Apps

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Display User Name in the Top Navigation Bar

By default, Microsoft 365 Online web apps displays the user’s profile picture in the top-right corner of the screen.

If there is no profile picture available, then the logged-in user gets the initials of the display name. To show the logged in user’s display name next to the profile picture in Microsoft 365 web apps, do the following:

How to Show Display Name on Top Navigation Bar in Office 365 Web Apps

Show Display User Name in the Top Navigation Bar

1. Login into Microsoft 365 admin center using an administrative account.

2. Click on the Show all option to get more options.

How to Show Display Name on Top Navigation Bar in Office 365 Web Apps

3. Expand the Settings option then select Org settings. In the Org setting section, select the Organization profile tab.

How to Show Display Name on Top Navigation Bar in Office 365 Web Apps

4. Now, select the Custom themes option then in the flyout window, select +Add theme.

How to Show Display Name on Top Navigation Bar in Office 365 Web Apps

5. In the default theme property panel, select the Show the user’s display name checkbox then save the changes.

Note

If you want to hide the display name, you can turn it off by using the same steps and unchecking the “Show the user’s display name” checkbox again.

How to Show Display Name on Top Navigation Bar in Office 365 Web Apps

It could take several minutes to take the change go into effect. You can refresh your current logon session to verify it works.

How to Show Display Name on Top Navigation Bar in Office 365 Web Apps

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