URL: https://help.carbonvoice.app/account-and-settings/claim-your-username
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# Claim your username

Claiming a username makes you easier to find in Carbon Voice, and gives you a
[personal CarbonLink](https://help.carbonvoice.app/account-and-settings/personal-carbonlink) to share.

## Claiming it

1. **Tap your profile picture** to open the Profile Menu. It's at the top left of Home on
   mobile, and at the bottom of the navigation sidebar on desktop.
2. **Tap "Claim Your Username"** at the top of the menu.
3. **Choose a username**, something unique and memorable. Once saved, it becomes part
   of your CarbonLink, for example `https://cv.chat/yourusername`.

## What it gives you

- **Searchability** — colleagues and collaborators can find you by username inside
  Carbon Voice.
- **A personal CarbonLink** — a link others can use to start a voice conversation with
  you, leave messages asynchronously, and reach you without scheduling a meeting.

## How someone finds you with it

1. They tap the **+** in Carbon Voice.
2. They type your username, like `@travis`.

That's the whole flow, which is what makes it worth claiming one. They can also still reach
you by your registered email or phone number, by your CarbonLink URL like `cv.chat/travis`,
or by replying to a voice memo you shared.

## Related

- [Get your personal CarbonLink](https://help.carbonvoice.app/account-and-settings/personal-carbonlink)
- [Linked Emails & Phone Numbers](https://help.carbonvoice.app/account-and-settings/directory-services)