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Your profile & display name

Set your display name, avatar and personal details so your colleagues can recognise your work — in projects, edits, approvals and the activity history.

4 min readUpdated 18 Jun 2026

What your profile is

Your profile is how you appear to everyone else in the workspace. Wherever your name shows up — beside a document you drafted, an edit you made, an approval you signed off, or an entry in the activity history — it's your profile that fills it in.

It's a personal setting, not a workspace one. Changing your name or avatar updates how you look across every workspace you belong to; it doesn't change the workspace's own brand. Your company logo and colours are handled separately in your branding profile.

Set your display name

Your display name is the single source of truth for how you're labelled throughout waxTable. Use the name your teammates would recognise — usually your real first and last name.

  1. Open your account settings

    Go to the settings area and open your personal profile.

  2. Edit your display name

    Type the name you'd like teammates to see and save.

  3. Check it on your work

    Open a recent document or the activity history to confirm the new name appears as expected.

Add or change your avatar

An avatar makes it easy to tell at a glance who did what — especially in busy projects with several contributors. You can upload a photo or image; it's cropped to a square and stored against your profile.

  • Use a clear, well-lit headshot or a simple square logo.
  • Square images work best, since the avatar is shown as a circle or rounded square.
  • If you don't upload one, your initials are used as a fallback.

Where your profile appears

Your name and avatar surface in the places where teamwork happens, so it's always clear who's behind a change or a decision.

Your profile is the label waxTable uses across collaborative surfaces.
PlaceWhat shows
Documents & editsWho drafted or last edited, shown in the editor and history
ApprovalsWho requested, approved or rejected a document
ProjectsContributors on a project's list and board views
Activity & auditYour name against each recorded action

None of this is what your clients see on a finished document. What recipients receive is governed by your branding and the address you send from your domain.

Keep your details current

If your name changes or you join under a placeholder, update your profile so the activity history and approvals stay readable for everyone. It only takes a moment, and it makes the audit trail genuinely useful.

Frequently asked questions

Will changing my display name rename old documents?

Your name is shown live wherever it's referenced, so updating it is reflected across your work and history. The document content itself isn't altered — only the label that identifies you.

Can clients see my avatar or personal name?

No. Profiles are for your team. What a recipient sees is set by your workspace branding and the domain you send from, not your personal profile.

Is my email address part of my profile?

Your email is your sign-in identity and how teammates can reach you, but it isn't shown to document recipients. Account security for that sign-in lives under Multi-factor authentication.

I belong to two workspaces — do I set up my profile twice?

Your profile is yours, not the workspace's, so your name and avatar carry across the workspaces you belong to. You don't need to repeat the setup in each one.

How do I change the interface language for my account?

That's a separate personal setting. See Language & locale to choose your interface language and regional formats.

Still need a hand?

Waxe answers most questions right inside the app. For everything else, our team replies within one business day.

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