# Invite URL questions \[delete name, shorten, nick-based discovery, business card\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Mutual Help\ **Tags:** documentation\ **Created:** [March 27, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/invite-url-questions-delete-name-shorten-nick-based-discovery-business-card/4966 "2026-03-27T08:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeltaUser23](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/deltauser23/32/3195_2.png) [@DeltaUser23](https://forum.delta.chat/u/DeltaUser23)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/invite-url-questions-delete-name-shorten-nick-based-discovery-business-card/4966/1 "2026-03-27T08:08:39Z")
Hello all, I am a new Delta Chat user and it fits my needs in so many ways, but I will list them another day. Question 1: When I make an invite code it put my name at the end of it. Is this required? Can I cut that off and share the modified URL? Question 2: is there an official URL Shortener? Question 3: is there a simple unique username I can give to friends or put on my business card, etc? Thank you to all involved for this great App!! JD ---
**Author:** ![ian](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ian/32/3164_2.png) [@ian](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/invite-url-questions-delete-name-shorten-nick-based-discovery-business-card/4966/2 "2026-03-27T08:38:46Z")
Yes, you can cut off the name, but your peer will see your name again after joining. So, you should preferably pick a name that is not compromising for you in the first place when creating a throw away profile for invitations. Shortening the invite link would defeat the whole purpose of providing cryptographic material out of band. Centralized usernames would defeat the purpose of the decentralized nature of DC, open up a centralized actor to metadata collection and could MITM and deny people making connections. Put a QR code on your business card. > [@Discover mutuals](https://support.delta.chat/t/discover-mutuals/4676/4): > > In that case, this is a duplicate of the following: > [@Easily remembered usernames for chatmail](https://support.delta.chat/t/easily-remembered-usernames-for-chatmail/3838/1): > > One issue that I commonly see brought up when I onboard people to Delta Chat is that it’s a bit cumbersome to share the links or QR Codes as the main and only supported way to make contacts, so I was thinking of some possible ways that “usernames” could be implemented on-top of existing chatmail infrastructure (notably NOT the underlying email address, as it’s only used for transport) starting simple, we could allow users to set usernames at a domain/website, by having the website serve a small… > [@Why can I only add friends using QR codes and links?](https://support.delta.chat/t/why-can-i-only-add-friends-using-qr-codes-and-links/3931/1): > > Can you add a function to add friends by username? ---
**Author:** ![Minim](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Minim](https://forum.delta.chat/u/Minim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/invite-url-questions-delete-name-shorten-nick-based-discovery-business-card/4966/3 "2026-03-30T14:19:37Z")
You can change your profile name at any time and generate a new QR code. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ian](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/ian/32/3164_2.png) [@ian](https://forum.delta.chat/u/ian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/invite-url-questions-delete-name-shorten-nick-based-discovery-business-card/4966/4 "2026-04-01T23:19:20Z")
Feel free to mark this topic as solved if your curiosity has been satisfied. ---
**Author:** ![DeltaUser23](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/deltauser23/32/3195_2.png) [@DeltaUser23](https://forum.delta.chat/u/DeltaUser23)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/invite-url-questions-delete-name-shorten-nick-based-discovery-business-card/4966/5 "2026-04-17T08:54:00Z")
THANK YOU everyone for your answers, comments and participation. This has helped me and my projects immensely \<3 /jd ---
**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/invite-url-questions-delete-name-shorten-nick-based-discovery-business-card/4966/6 "2026-10-07T10:51:55Z")
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