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# Primary name

Wallet addresses are not always easy to remember and make sense of. Because of that, NNS provide a way for users to set primary name for their wallet address. Using primary name, dapps can display user's preferred NNS name instead of long, boring wallet addresses.

How to set a name as primary name:

Go to the name manager page by clicking "My Names" "

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Select the name you want to set as primary, then click "Set as primary name":

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Confirm the transaction, wait for it to success:

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