# API: cannot update user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-cannot-update-user/63876>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [June 3, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-cannot-update-user/63876 "2017-06-03T09:35:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Massimo\_Redaelli](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/massimo_redaelli/32/120795_2.png) [@Massimo\_Redaelli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Massimo_Redaelli)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-cannot-update-user/63876/15 "2017-06-03T12:44:39Z")

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Well, that was easier than expected ☀

Actually, one last thing 🙂

How do I update a **custom** field?

Never mind, got it 🙂

{ “user\_fields”: { “the\_id”: “value” } }

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