Random username generator

Why not use the same username everywhere?

A username is public. Anyone can search for it and find your other accounts on forums, games and social networks, and piece together where you live, what you buy and who you know. When a site leaks its user list, attackers try the same username with leaked passwords on other sites. A different random username for each account breaks that chain.

What makes a good username

• No part of your real name, birth year, city or email address.
• Not one you use anywhere else.
• Easy enough to say or type, if other people will see it.

You don't need to remember them: the Passwords app on your Mac saves the username with the password. Pair each one with a password from the password generator.

And your email address

Most sites identify you by email, not by username. With iCloud+, Hide My Email gives each site its own random address that forwards to your inbox, so a leak or a sale of your address can be traced and cut off.