Manage AnyDesk Alias

An Alias provides a more descriptive and user-friendly label for an AnyDesk ID. Aliases are especially useful for recognizing devices quickly, improving usability in both personal and business environments.

If you need to change an existing Alias, this article explains the available options and how to update it, depending on your Namespace and license type.

Requirements

Alias have to follow the format: <name>@<namespace>.

Allowed characters: a-z, 0-9, hyphen (-), period (.), underscore (_)
Maximum length: 25 characters

Aliases can be assigned in public or custom namespace:

with public namespace

with custom namespace

A public namespace is @ad

Format: john@ad
Available to paid license users only
Each AnyDesk ID can be assigned up to 3 aliases in the public namespace.
Once created, these aliases are permanently linked to the original ID and cannot be removed or reassigned.

A custom namespace is whatever you want it to be, e.g., @yourcompanyname

Format: john@yourcompanyname
Standard, Advanced, or Ultimate license is required
Aliases in a custom namespace can be created, changed, or reassigned at any time without limitation.

Setting or changing an Alias

If an AnyDesk client does not already have an Alias, it can be assigned by following the steps below:

from AnyDesk app

from my.anydesk II

To set an Alias in the AnyDesk client, make sure the client is installed and registered with a valid 许可证密钥. Once set up, you can assign an Alias directly in the application:

Open AnyDesk.
In the upper-right corner, click and select Settings.
Go to Identity and in the Alias section, click Choose alias.
Enter your new alias and click Register.

💡 NOTE
If the Choose alias button is greyed out, you are using the free version and cannot assign an alias.

🦉 You can also right-click the AnyDesk ID and select Choose alias from the list.

You can change already existing Alias in my.anydesk II.

You can set up and change Alias for all clients linked to the license. To do that:

Sign in to my.anydesk II and navigate to the Clients tab.
Select the desired client and double-click it to open Client Details page.
In the About section, click .
Under Alias, enter the desired alias and click Save changes.

Auto-registering Aliases

Before you begin, ensure that the target device has no existing AnyDesk 配置文件.

To auto-register an alias:

Sign in to my.anydesk II and go to the Builds tab.
Click Create Build to open 自定义客户端 Generator.
On the opened page, select Advanced Settings.
Scroll down to the 客户端设置 section and for the Hostname as Alias, select either public or custom namespace.
Complete your custom client configuration and install it on the target device.

📌 The alias will be automatically registered using the device name, within your private or custom namespace (e.g., laptop01@ad, laptop01@yourcompany).

Backing up Aliases

🦉 For more information on backing up your AnyDesk ID and Alias, see this article.

When migrating to a new device or recovering from data loss, you can retain your AnyDesk ID, Alias, and configuration settings by backing up the AnyDesk configuration files. The Alias is stored in the service.conf file.

To back up your Alias and ID:

Save the service.conf file in a secure location.

For complete backup (including settings and 会话历史记录), back up the full configuration directory:

Installed AneDesk:
```
 %programdata%\AnyDesk\
```

Portable AnyDesk app:
```
%appdata%\AnyDesk\
```

🚨 IMPORTANT
If service.conf is lost and not backed up, the alias and AnyDesk ID cannot be recovered.