How can I change my name using command blocks?

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Is there any command in Minecraft where I can change my username in the chat, tab and my name tag above my skin? And no I'm not noob, I know I can change it on mojangs service, what I mean is like I'm creating a minigame using command blocks and someone is Herobrine then their display name will change to Herobrine. (The UUID is still the same for this player)

This is not possible in Vanilla Minecraft, but I'm sure that plugins like Essentials have commands that are usable in command blocks that change your name. (They don't actually change your global username, but rather act as a nickname on the server you are playing on.) — GiantTree, May 12 '15 at 18:55
@GiantTree Essentials commands are, last I heard, not usable in command blocks. However, they can easily be used ingame: /nick <nickname> — 2xedo, May 12 '15 at 19:13

SirBenet · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-24T18:51:57.250

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There is no command to change a player's name.

As a workaround, you could fake it by hiding the player's name whilst teleporting a named entity onto them.

To hide a player's name tag, put them on a separate team and change the nametagVisibility option:

/team add HerobrineTeam
/team modify HerobrineTeam nametagVisibility never

Then summon a named entity, such as a marker armorstand:

/summon armor_stand ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:'"Herobrine"',CustomNameVisible:1b,Marker:1b,Invisible:1b}

You can teleport that entity to the player on a clock with something like:

/execute at @p[team=HerobrineTeam] run tp @e[type=armor_stand,name=Herobrine] ~ ~1.7 ~

edited Jan 24 '20 at 18:51

answered May 12 '15 at 19:20

SirBenet

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That's a great work around for something so useful. – Aaron128l May 13 '15 at 14:55
Problem, the armorstand spawns in the ground, under my foots, why? – Minecraft Doge May 13 '15 at 16:40
@MinecraftDoge Teleport it upwards to the offset you want. – SirBenet May 13 '15 at 17:40
You can also spawn them directly at the player using /execute, if you're familiar with that. Not sure if it's the case, but it might be actually cleaner to repeatedly kill the armor stand and spawn a new one at the player's location. Probably depends on the case which one is better. – Egor Hans Aug 17 '17 at 15:33
Will this cause lag? – WarpPrime Aug 11 '20 at 16:11

How can I change my name using command blocks?

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