I have forgotten my user name for my mac

Question

I have a mac-book pro and I've lost my user name to get into the computer, how can I fix this problem without taking it to our Apple agents who are soooo slow, Thanks

You can find a detailed walkthrough [here](http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1274) — Ramhound, Mar 06 '14 at 15:12

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '14 at 15:11

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You can get into single user mode using Command+S while booting, then run ls /Users and it should show all the users which will give you a good idea of which one is you.

answered Mar 06 '14 at 15:11

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 11 '15 at 09:24

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Open the terminal using Cmd+T and then type ls /users to see a list of all accounts on the Mac.

edited Jan 11 '15 at 09:24

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 01 '16 at 16:03

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Open the terminal and type the command:

whoami

This will return your own username.

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answered Nov 01 '16 at 10:24

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The asker’s problem is that they cannot log in, which is required to do this. – Wrzlprmft Nov 19 '16 at 10:58
@Wrzlprmft maybe so, but it does answer the title of the post, which is what most search engines will respond to! – bharal May 16 '19 at 20:30

I have forgotten my user name for my mac

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