# How to get MAC/WIn or Adobe username of current user?

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**Category:** UXP Plugin API\
**Created:** [September 28, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-get-mac-win-or-adobe-username-of-current-user/12200 "2026-09-28T14:11:54Z")\
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I used this function in my extension, and now I want to do something similar in my react plugin. Is there anyway to get the username of the mac/win user or if it’s easier to extract the Adobe username from Photoshop? Thanks

function getUserName() {

return (isMacOS()) ? $.getenv(“USER”) : $.getenv(“USERNAME”);

}