Rename a service
==================

Currently Aiven **does not support renaming** existing service. The service name can only be set when creating the service and can't be updated.

If you need to have your service running under a different name, the best option is to :doc:`create a service fork </docs/platform/howto/console-fork-service>` and to point clients to the new service. 

.. Warning::
    
    After creating a fork, writes to the original service are not synced. Therefore, to provide a consistency between the original service and the fork, service writes should be stopped before forking.

.. seealso::

   Learn more :doc:`about service forking </docs/platform/concepts/service-forking>`.