I can't change my personal information.

21 postsstarted by Cynthia.Martin 15,534 viewsoriginal topic

New Member
#1
The edit button won't let me change my phone and addy, which are obsolete, and have been for some time. All it does is ask me who I want to be available to see the info. There is no change button on my page. It also won't let me upload a photo, though I have tried three different browsers for these problems. I've used Internet Explorer, Firefox and Google. I'm at a loss as for what to do.
Community Administrator
#2
If you go in and edit your visibility, you should see a field to change the data.
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Community Moderators
#3
You will be able to change your phone number, but not your address. You will need to ask your ward clerk to update your address for you.
Community Administrator
#4
You can change your email address, but not your residence or mailing address. Those have to go through a clerk.
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New Member
#5
I have tried several times to change my privacy settings from private to stake, but the system won't let me change. I can click on the stake button, but it stays on private. What do I do?
Community Administrator
#6
andreakayw wrote:I have tried several times to change my privacy settings from private to stake, but the system won't let me change. I can click on the stake button, but it stays on private. What do I do?
Interesting. I checked on mine - it doesn't appear to take until I log in using a new session. Then I find the setting has saved.
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Senior Member
#7
andreakayw wrote:I have tried several times to change my privacy settings from private to stake, but the system won't let me change. I can click on the stake button, but it stays on private. What do I do?
What is the household setting? If the household is set to private then none of the individual settings can be set higher.
New Member
#8
I cannot edit my Birthday. Instead of 21 January, it keeps on going back to 20 January
Senior Member
#9
jannyblanco21 wrote:I cannot edit my Birthday. Instead of 21 January, it keeps on going back to 20 January
lds.org doesn't provide any way for members to change their own birthdates. If you're birthdate is wrong on your membership record you need to contact your membership or ward clerk and have them make the change.
New Member
#10
I can't change my personal information. After pressing the account settings button under the logged on user name, the page that follows keeps displaying "loading content" please help!
Community Moderators
#11
seriti wrote:I can't change my personal information. After pressing the account settings under the logged on user name, the page that follows keeps displaying "loading content" please help!
The topic of this thread is making changes to personal information at the LDS.org Directory. The action you took would have taken you to your LDS Account profile page. It appears that there was some difficulty loading that site and may have been a temporary issue. I just checked and the LDS Account site is accessible, so I recommend trying again.

Making changes to personal information through the Directory versus through the LDS Account are different topics. If you were intentionally trying to make the changes through your LDS Account profile, then I recommend making a post in the LDS Account forum in either an existing thread on that topic or starting a new thread if you feel your issue has not already been addressed.

If you want to make changes to personal contact information to either your email address or phone number through the LDS.org Directory then read the previous posts of this thread.

The steps to make changes within the Directory is to first select Directory from the main menu on LDS.org. If you have already signed in then the Directory will come up. Otherwise you will be taken to the sign-in page and after you sign in you will be taken to the Directory. Select "My Household" from the left pane. When your household is displayed in the right pane you will see the View button and Edit button at the top of the pane. Click the Edit button and you can then make the necessary changes to contact information.

Note that it is not obvious that clicking the "Edit" link to the right of the visibility setting allows the user to change the visibility setting for the item as well as the specific information for the item.
JD Lessley
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New Member
#12
im trying to change my email address as well as my contact number because i cant access my current email address
Community Moderators
#13
samante_lea wrote:im trying to change my email address as well as my contact number because i cant access my current email address
What have you tried?
JD Lessley
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New Member
#14
I cannot edit my Birthday so please help me
Community Administrator
#15
Nigatu wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:09 pm I cannot edit my Birthday so please help me
You'll have to ask your ward clerk, or ward membership clerk to change it.

However, one possible reason it's incorrect is that you're using the wrong MRN. I would check with the clerk to make sure the MRN on your account is the same as what's on the membership record.
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New Member
#16
I have been unable to edit my personal information for weeks. Is there anything I can do to edit it? I have tried restarting my computer, logging in a new computer and searcher, even restarting the google chrome app. I need help please.
Community Administrator
#17
amycedeño wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2024 12:46 pm I have been unable to edit my personal information for weeks. Is there anything I can do to edit it?
It depends on what you're trying to edit.

Assuming you are over 18:
  • You can change your "Preferred Name" which is what appears in most places.
  • You can't change your legal name. You need to go to your ward clerk.
  • You can change your contact information (phone number, email)
  • You can't edit your address. You need to go to your ward clerk for that.
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New Member
#18
Edited 1 time, last by jdlessley on . Reason: remove personal information
I need to change my birthday to [date removed]
Community Moderators
#19
covingtonmatt2 wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2024 2:13 pm I need to change my birthday to [date removed]
Any corrections or changes to your membership record, which includes birth date, must be done by your ward clerk, assistant ward clerk, or assistant ward clerk - membership. Speak with one of those brethren to get this done.
JD Lessley
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New Member
#20
The only thing in that tab I wanted to change was my name since the position their in is wrong. Moreover, I want to complete my insurance papers but I am unable to because it tells me that something bad occured and to log out and come back. I have logged out, i have restarted my computer, used different navigators and even restarting chrome. I sthis something my bishop has access to?

Or what can I do to help me edit this.
Community Administrator
#21
You can change your "preferred name" by going to https://account.churchofjesuschrist.org

But for any other name, your bishop, ward clerk, or ward membership clerk will need to change it.
Have you searched the Help Center? Try doing a Google search and adding "site:churchofjesuschrist.org/help" to the search criteria.

So we can better help you, please edit your Profile to include your general location.