# API, create user, no longer returns user\_id

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-create-user-no-longer-returns-user-id/343427
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 19, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-create-user-no-longer-returns-user-id/343427 "2024-12-19T17:35:21Z")
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### Author: ![clayg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/clayg/32/181131_2.png) [@clayg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clayg)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-create-user-no-longer-returns-user-id/343427/8 "2024-12-20T13:30:49Z")

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> [@Hiding "e-mail taken" on sign-up by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-e-mail-taken-on-sign-up-by-default/342599/1):
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> hide\_email\_address\_taken

Thank you! Changing that setting did restore the API result so that I get the user\_id in the result after creating a user.

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