Customizing Your Profile

Your Vacua profile is how others see you across the platform. This guide explains every customization option available.

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Accessing your profile settings

Go to User Settings → Profile (click your avatar at the bottom-left → Edit Profile, or press the gear icon).

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Username and display name

Username

Your username is your unique identifier across Vacua (e.g. @yourname). To change it:

1. Go to User Settings → Account.
2. Click the Edit button next to your username.
3. Enter your new username and confirm with your password.

Usernames are lowercase, can contain letters, numbers, underscores, and dots. Each username is globally unique.

Display name

Your display name is what others see in chat. It can be anything (spaces allowed) and doesn't need to be unique.

1. Go to User Settings → Profile → Display Name.
2. Enter your preferred name.
3. Click Save Changes.

You can also set a per-server nickname — this overrides your display name in a specific server without changing your global name.

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Profile picture (avatar)

1. Go to User Settings → Profile and click your current avatar.
2. Upload an image (JPG, PNG — max 8 MB).
3. Crop and position it using the image editor.
4. Click Apply.

Animated avatar (Vacua+)

With Vacua+, you can upload a GIF as your avatar. It will animate when others hover over your profile.

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Profile banner

A banner is a wide decorative image shown at the top of your profile card.

Vacua+ required. To set a banner:

1. Go to User Settings → Profile.
2. Click the banner area.
3. Upload an image (recommended size: 600 × 240 px, max 10 MB).
4. Reposition if needed and save.

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Bio

Add a short description about yourself (max 190 characters):

1. Go to User Settings → Profile → About Me.
2. Write your bio. You can use basic Markdown (bold, italic, links).
3. Click Save Changes.

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Pronouns

1. Go to User Settings → Profile → Pronouns.
2. Enter your preferred pronouns (e.g. "he/him", "she/her", "they/them").
3. These appear on your profile card.

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Custom status

Set a short status message that appears next to your name in the member list and your profile:

1. Click your avatar at the bottom-left.
2. Click Set a custom status.
3. Type your status (max 128 characters) and optionally pick an emoji.
4. Set an expiry: never, in 30 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, today, or this week.

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Activity status visibility

Control whether others see what you're playing or watching:

1. Go to User Settings → Privacy & Safety.
2. Toggle Display current activity as a status message.

You can also configure this per-app in User Settings → Registered Games / Activity.

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Connections (linked external accounts)

Link external accounts to display them on your profile:

1. Go to User Settings → Connections.
2. Click the platform you want to link (Twitch, YouTube, GitHub, Steam, Spotify, etc.).
3. Authorize the connection in the pop-up.
4. Toggle Display on profile to show or hide it on your public profile card.

Connected accounts can also enable rich presence (e.g. showing what song you're listening to on Spotify).

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Profile decoration (Vacua+)

Profile decorations are animated frames and effects that appear around your avatar in chat and on your profile card. They're available through Vacua+ decoration packs.

To apply a decoration:

1. Go to User Settings → Profile → Profile Decoration.
2. Browse your owned decorations.
3. Click one to preview it, then click Apply.

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Profile badges

Badges appear on your profile card and represent achievements, subscriptions, or recognitions:

Badge	How to earn
Vacua+	Active Vacua+ subscription
Vacua Visionary	Purchased the Visionary lifetime plan (limited edition, Feb 2026)
Early Supporter	Joined Vacua during the beta period
Bug Hunter	Reported verified bugs to the Vacua team
Server Booster	Currently boosting a server
Verified Bot Developer	Owns a verified bot

Badges are earned automatically — there's nothing to manually enable.