Facebook: How to remove last name and show only first name

There’s a little known trick on Facebook that enables you to change your name so that it only displays your first name as shown in the picture.

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The method described in this guide is intended by Facebook to be used by Indonesian users, so to manipulate this, we’ll need an Indonesian proxy server. These instructions are for Firefox. If you use another browser, please find the respective functionality in that software.

1. Open up Firefox Browser
2. Go to Settings or Alt + T + O – keyboard shortcut
3. Click on Advance tab > Network > Settings
   Go to Manual Configuration and then input any of these proxy servers from Indonesia. Some may not work and if none of them work for you, then try Google for Indonesia proxy servers.
   
   • 202.78.197.194 port 8080
   • 123.108.14.39 port 8080
   • 182.48.191.83 port 8080
   • 118.96.137.124 port 8080
   • 180.250.82.187 port 8080

   

4. Check, “use this proxy for all protocols”
5. Done setting up the browser.
6. Log back into Facebook if required
   In some cases if you have Facebook security enabled (There will be verification process )
7. Click on wrench / settings icon
8. Account Settings
9. Language Settings > Select Bahasa Indonesia as primary language
10. Edit your name and remove last name.
11. Log out of your account
12. Repeat step 1 and 2
13. In network settings, Select no proxy.
14. Done.