How Minecraft username history works on ListaMC
Every Minecraft: Java Edition account has a UUID that never changes, and a username that can change every 30 days. Looking up who used a name, or what a player used to be called, is one of the most common questions on any Minecraft site.
Mojang stopped sharing name history
Until 2022, Mojang had a public endpoint that listed every name an account had used. It was removed, and there is no official way to get old names anymore. Sites that still show long histories collected them before that change.
How ListaMC builds the history
ListaMC records names and skins as it sees them, from three sources:
- Lookups on the site. Every time someone looks up a player, we save the current name and skin.
- Regular checks. Accounts we already know are checked again over time, so name and skin changes show up on their own.
- The ListaMC Connect plugin. Servers that install it send the usernames and skins of players who join, signed by Mojang so they can’t be faked.
That’s why a profile here says when we first saw each name. The history starts on the day ListaMC saw the account, and it gets longer the more the player is around.
Hiding your history
If the account is yours and you’d rather not show its history, you can hide it from the privacy page. We confirm it’s you with a Microsoft sign-in and keep no access to your account afterwards.