diff --git a/cliv2/internal/analytics/analytics.go b/cliv2/internal/analytics/analytics.go
index 4f649e1e1e..d363dd0624 100644
--- a/cliv2/internal/analytics/analytics.go
+++ b/cliv2/internal/analytics/analytics.go
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"os/user"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid"
@@ -196,6 +198,15 @@ func (a *Analytics) GetRequest() (*http.Request, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	user, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	outputJson, err = SanitizeUsername(user.Username, sanitize_replacement_string, outputJson)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	analyticsUrl, _ := url.Parse(a.apiUrl + api_endpoint)
 	if len(a.org) > 0 {
 		query := url.Values{}
@@ -247,3 +258,26 @@ func SanitizeValuesByKey(keysToFilter []string, replacementValue string, content
 	}
 	return content, nil
 }
+
+func SanitizeUsername(rawUserName string, replacementValue string, content []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	contentStr := string(content)
+	contentStr = strings.ReplaceAll(contentStr, rawUserName, replacementValue)
+
+	if strings.Contains(rawUserName, "\\") {
+		segments := strings.Split(rawUserName, "\\")
+		segmentsLen := len(segments)
+		if segmentsLen < 2 {
+			// this should never happen because we already checked for the existence of a backslash
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not sanitize username")
+		} else if segmentsLen == 2 {
+			simpleUsername := segments[1]
+			contentStr = strings.ReplaceAll(contentStr, simpleUsername, replacementValue)
+		} else {
+			// don't recognize this format
+			fmt.Println(segments)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not sanitize username - unrecognized format")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return []byte(contentStr), nil
+}
diff --git a/cliv2/internal/analytics/analytics_test.go b/cliv2/internal/analytics/analytics_test.go
index a746cf3c83..705d6bef66 100644
--- a/cliv2/internal/analytics/analytics_test.go
+++ b/cliv2/internal/analytics/analytics_test.go
@@ -113,3 +113,74 @@ func Test_SanitizeValuesByKey(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedNumberOfRedacted, secretsCountBefore)
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, secretsCountAfter)
 }
+
+func Test_SanitizeUsername(t *testing.T) {
+	type sanTest struct {
+		ErrorLog string
+		Other    string
+	}
+
+	rawUserName := "someuser"
+	simpleUsername := "someuser"
+	replacement := "REDACTED"
+
+	inputStruct := sanTest{
+		ErrorLog: "/Users/" + rawUserName + "/some/path",
+		Other:    fmt.Sprintf("some other value where %s is contained", rawUserName),
+	}
+
+	input, _ := json.Marshal(inputStruct)
+	fmt.Println("Before: " + string(input))
+
+	// invoke method under test
+	output, err := SanitizeUsername(rawUserName, replacement, input)
+
+	fmt.Println("After: " + string(output))
+	assert.Nil(t, err, "Failed to santize static values!")
+
+	numRedacted := strings.Count(string(output), replacement)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, numRedacted)
+
+	numUsernameInstances := strings.Count(string(output), rawUserName)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, numUsernameInstances)
+
+	numSimpleUsernameInstances := strings.Count(string(output), simpleUsername)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, numSimpleUsernameInstances)
+
+	var outputStruct sanTest
+	json.Unmarshal(output, &outputStruct)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/Users/REDACTED/some/path", outputStruct.ErrorLog)
+	assert.Equal(t, "some other value where REDACTED is contained", outputStruct.Other)
+
+	// Check with Windows style domain\username
+	rawUserName = "somedomain\\someuser"
+	simpleUsername = "someuser"
+	replacement = "REDACTED"
+
+	inputStruct = sanTest{
+		ErrorLog: fmt.Sprintf("C:\\Users\\%s\\some\\path", simpleUsername),
+		Other:    fmt.Sprintf("some other value where %s is contained", rawUserName),
+	}
+
+	input, _ = json.Marshal(inputStruct)
+	fmt.Println("Before: " + string(input))
+
+	// invoke method under test
+	output, err = SanitizeUsername(rawUserName, replacement, input)
+
+	fmt.Println("After: " + string(output))
+	assert.Nil(t, err, "Failed to santize static values!")
+
+	numRedacted = strings.Count(string(output), replacement)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, numRedacted)
+
+	numUsernameInstances = strings.Count(string(output), rawUserName)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, numUsernameInstances)
+
+	numSimpleUsernameInstances = strings.Count(string(output), simpleUsername)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, numSimpleUsernameInstances)
+
+	json.Unmarshal(output, &outputStruct)
+	assert.Equal(t, "C:\\Users\\REDACTED\\some\\path", outputStruct.ErrorLog)
+	assert.Equal(t, "some other value where somedomain\\REDACTED is contained", outputStruct.Other)
+}