diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 46ed432..501eb3f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ class CableCore extends EventEmitter {
 
   // gets the local user's most recently set nickname
   getNick(cb) {
-    this.store.userInfoView.api.getLatestNameHash(this.kp.publicKey, (err, hash) => {
+    this.store.userInfoView.api.getLatestInfoHash(this.kp.publicKey, (err, hash) => {
       if (err) { return cb(err) }
       this.resolveHashes([hash], (err, results) => {
         if (err) { return cb(err) }
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ class CableCore extends EventEmitter {
         const hex = util.hex(publicKey) 
         users.set(hex, hex)
       })
-      this.store.userInfoView.api.getLatestNameHashesAllUsers((err, latestNameHashes) => {
+      this.store.userInfoView.api.getLatestInfoHashAllUsers((err, latestNameHashes) => {
         if (err) return cb(err)
         this.resolveHashes(latestNameHashes, (err, posts) => {
           // TODO (2023-09-06): handle post/info deletion and storing null?
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ class CableCore extends EventEmitter {
     this.store.channelMembershipView.api.getHistoricUsers(channel, (err, pubkeys) => {
       // get the latest nickname for each user that has been a member of channel
       const namePromise = new Promise((res, reject) => {
-        this.store.userInfoView.api.getLatestNameHashMany(pubkeys, (err, nameHashes) => {
+        this.store.userInfoView.api.getLatestInfoHashMany(pubkeys, (err, nameHashes) => {
           if (err) return reject(err)
           res(nameHashes)
         })
diff --git a/store.js b/store.js
index 3d83411..a8a7a36 100644
--- a/store.js
+++ b/store.js
@@ -393,11 +393,11 @@ class CableStore extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   _reindexInfoName (channel, publicKey, sendHash, done) {
-    this.channelStateView.api.getLatestNameHash(channel, publicKey, (err, hash) => {
+    this.channelStateView.api.getLatestInfoHash(channel, publicKey, (err, hash) => {
       storedebug("latest name err", err)
       storedebug("latest name hash", hash)
       if (err && err.notFound) {
-        this.userInfoView.api.clearName(publicKey)
+        this.userInfoView.api.clearInfo(publicKey)
         sendHash(null)
         return done()
       }
diff --git a/views/channel-state.js b/views/channel-state.js
index e46344d..13eb402 100644
--- a/views/channel-state.js
+++ b/views/channel-state.js
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ module.exports = function (lvl, reverseIndex) {
           cb(null, hashes)
         })
       },
-      // TODO (2023-04-20): remove this file's getLatestNameHash function when user-info.js has a latestNameHash operating without latest key
-      getLatestNameHash: function (channel, publicKey, cb) {
+      // TODO (2023-04-20): remove this file's getLatestInfoHash function when user-info.js has a latestNameHash operating without latest key
+      getLatestInfoHash: function (channel, publicKey, cb) {
         // return latest post/info hash for pubkey
         ready(async function () {
-          debug("api.getLatestNameHash")
+          debug("api.getLatestInfoHash")
           const iter = lvl.values({
             lt: `name!${channel}!${util.timestamp()}!${util.hex(publicKey)}`,
             gt: "name!!",
diff --git a/views/user-info.js b/views/user-info.js
index c35c9af..ffe2a93 100644
--- a/views/user-info.js
+++ b/views/user-info.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ function noop () {}
 // takes a (sub)level instance
 module.exports = function (lvl, reverseIndex) {
   const events = new EventEmitter()
-
   // callback processing queue. functions are pushed onto the queue if they are dispatched before the store is ready or
   // there are pending transactions in the pipeline
   let queue = []
@@ -96,8 +95,8 @@ module.exports = function (lvl, reverseIndex) {
     },
 
     api: {
-      // return latest post/info name-setting hash for all recorded pubkeys
-      getLatestNameHashesAllUsers: function (cb) {
+      // return latest post/info hash for all recorded pubkeys
+      getLatestInfoHashAllUsers: function (cb) {
         ready(async function () {
           debug("api.getUsers")
           const iter = lvl.values({
@@ -109,11 +108,11 @@ module.exports = function (lvl, reverseIndex) {
           cb(null, hashes)
         })
       },
-      // return latest post/info name-setting hash for specified publicKey
-      getLatestNameHash: function (publicKey, cb) {
+      // return latest post/info hash for specified publicKey
+      getLatestInfoHash: function (publicKey, cb) {
         ready(function () {
           // TODO (2023-03-07): consider converting to using a range query with limit: 1 instead
-          debug("api.getLatestNameHash")
+          debug("api.getLatestInfoHash")
           lvl.get(`latest!${util.hex(publicKey)}`, (err, hash) => {
             if (err) { return cb(err, null) }
             return cb(null, hash)
@@ -121,10 +120,10 @@ module.exports = function (lvl, reverseIndex) {
         })
       },
       // this function is needed to fulfilling channel state requests, in terms of getting the latest name hashes
-      getLatestNameHashMany: function (pubkeys, cb) {
+      getLatestInfoHashMany: function (pubkeys, cb) {
         // return latest post/info hash for many pubkeys
         ready(function () {
-          debug("api.getLatestNameHashMany")
+          debug("api.getLatestInfoHashMany")
           const keys = pubkeys.map(publicKey => {
             return `latest!${util.hex(publicKey)}`
           })
@@ -138,11 +137,11 @@ module.exports = function (lvl, reverseIndex) {
           })
         })
       },
-      clearName: function (publicKey, cb) {
+      clearInfo: function (publicKey, cb) {
         if (!cb) { cb = noop }
         // remove the name record for this public key
         ready(function () {
-          debug("api.clearNameHash")
+          debug("api.clearInfoHash")
           lvl.del(`latest!${util.hex(publicKey)}`, (err) => {
             if (err) { return cb(er) }
             return cb(null)