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We are looking for advice on how to turn off the 'username' field for Drupal account registration process for front end and back end of CiviCRM.

This is the same question as asked here in 2008 but we wonder if the answer is any different now: http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php?topic=5826.0

It looks like a module achieves the aim in Drupal but not necessarily in CiviCRM: http://drupal.org/project/email_registration

We would be grateful if someone can share any experience with disabling the Drupal username field in CiviCRM.

It looks like a module achieves the aim in Drupal but not necessarily in CiviCRM: http://drupal.org/project/email_registration

As noted, the username is purely a Drupal issue, not a CiviCRM one. That module should take care of it for you.

when you add a contact in civi manually, it does not require first/last name, you'll see it can just do email address.

you just need to turn off the required profile fields associated with account registration.

administer > customize data & screens > profiles

name and address, uncheck required for first and last name. then users are not required to submit any additional info on account registration.