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Manage the display of your alternate name(s)
IMDbPro members (IMDbPro Premium Subscription and IMDbPro Basic Subscription) with a claimed name page can manage the display of any alternate names using the Edit information button located at the bottom of the About section/tab of their IMDbPro page.
For members who choose not to display their alternate names, the IMDb and IMDbPro title pages for productions they worked on will list their professional name with "Credited as a different name" to reflect that this information differs from the on-screen credits.
You can find the Edit information button at the bottom of the About tab.
Then, follow the below instructions to manage your alternate name(s) display settings:
- Go to your IMDbPro page
- Go to your About tab
- Click or tap the Edit information button
- Select Biographical details
- Click or tap Manage alternate names
- You can then uncheck or check any of your alternate names to affect their display on IMDb and IMDbPro
- Checked (this alternate name will display on IMDb and IMDbPro)
- Unchecked
- If you uncheck your alternate name(s), your related credit(s) will be displayed using a “Credited as a different name” label and the name will not be searchable
- Select Save
(*) What is an alternate name? When a person has been credited in on-screen credits with a name other than the one they are now primarily known as, we record that name next to the credit itself on IMDb title pages. For example, Courtney Cox was once billed as Courtney Cox-Arquette on titles in which she appeared while married to David Arquette. On those IMDb title pages, her credits are shown "(as Courtney Cox-Arquette)" to indicate how her name is listed in the actual on-screen main or end titles. The Alternate Names field shown on a person's name page is automatically derived from these credited as attributes, and include all variations of a person's name that have been used at least once in on-screen credits. They may include pseudonyms, stage names, former or maiden names and even spelling variations.
Note that IMDb’s policies will continue to evolve based on customer feedback.