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Student Center - Updating Your Contact Information
An overview and step-by-step guide to updating your contact information: email addresses, phone numbers and addresses.
Overview:
- Add/Edit Email Addresses
- Add/Edit Phone Numbers
- Add/Edit Addresses
- Updating your legal name, gender, or date of birth
- Updating your preferred name
Add/Edit Email Addresses: Step-by-Step
- Login to MyUW.
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Click on the Student Center tile, then the Profile tile.
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From the menu on the left, select Contact Details.
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To add an email address, click on the + sign under Email.
To edit an email address, click on the > sign.
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Select an address type, enter the email address and click Save.
Email address types:
- Campus: All official university communications will be sent to this email address. It will always be set as the preferred email , and it cannot be changed or deleted.
This will be the only address that shows up in the campus directory. - Home: You can set the Home email address to anything you would like.
It can be set as preferred if you do not have a wisc.edu address (e.g. an applicant). If you acquire a wisc.edu account, that address will automatically be set to preferred. - Other: Intended for use by applicants only. You can set the Other email address to anything you would like.
It can be set as preferred if you do not have a wisc.edu address (e.g. an applicant). If you acquire a wisc.edu account, that address will automatically be set to preferred.
Add/Edit Phone Numbers: Step-by-Step
- Login to MyUW.
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Click on the Student Center tile, then the Profile tile.
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From the menu on the left, select Contact Details.
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To add phone number address, click on the + sign under Phone.
To edit a phone number, click on the > sign.
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Select a phone type, enter information in all relevant boxes and click Save.
Add/Edit Addresses: Step-by-Step
- Login to MyUW.
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Click on the Student Center tile, then the Profile tile.
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From the menu on the left, select Addresses.
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To add an address, select an address type and click on the + sign under the relevant type.
To edit an address in a category where an address already exists, click on the > sign under the relevant type.
If this type of address has never been added, click the Add Address button under the relevant type.
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Enter information in all relevant boxes and click Save.