How do I remove my name from the top right corner of Chrome?

The following instructions no longer disables the avatar menu in Chrome 44 (released July 2015). Setting the flag to Disabled no longer disables the avatar menu.

To disable, go to the corresponding Chrome setting with the URL below and change the option to Disabled

chrome://flags/#enable-new-avatar-menu

I used to workaround SO's comment limitation with the \u200b trick. Seems that it works just fine with Chrome's avatar menu.

• Open up devtools (⋮ [More Options] > More Tools > Developer Tools)
• On the Console tab, run copy('\u200b') to copy a blank space to your clipboard
• Click on the avatar menu, edit the name, paste from the clipboard

Done.

Here is an easy workaround that works with any version of Chrome (I'm using 49.0.2623.87 at the time of writing). It does not totally remove the name, but it makes it totally invisible with a minimal footprint on the title bar.

• Click on the avatar name in the title bar. A popup appears containing your avatar picture and your name.
• Click on the picture, and the "ManageProfile" window should appear in Chrome
• In the "Name" entry box, simply type a dot '.' and hit ENTER to validate
• Now, your name is replaced by a single dot in the title bar, but all your account parameters (bookmarks, extensions, and so on) are still working

Even better: Chrome does not allow you to use a whitespace as your name, but any Unicode character may be used instead. I suggest to use "Soft Hyphen" (U+00AD) which is totally invisible. I don't know any easy way to enter this character from a keyboard, but simply go to "unicode-table.com" and copy-paste the U+00AD character...