# Allow user to change email address before verification

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-user-to-change-email-address-before-verification/40437>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Mars 2, 2016, 11:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-user-to-change-email-address-before-verification/40437 "2016-03-02T11:23:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [Mars 3, 2016, 3:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-user-to-change-email-address-before-verification/40437/4 "2016-03-03T15:32:20Z")

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> [@zh99998](#):
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> something like this would be better for someone submitted register form with a wrong email address…

People _very rarely_ make that mistake though, so why add cognitive load to the vast majority of users to cover that edge case? I think it’s better to just let users change their emails afterwards.

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