I changed my Minecraft username on the webpage more than ten days ago. In the launcher, my old nickname still shows up. I've reinstalled, logged in and out and my old username is still there. Even in-game.
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What specific device(s) are you experiencing this on?
If you are on Windows, have you tried logging out and back in to your PC?
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