# Badges based on User Custom Fields?

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** sql-triggered-badge, user-custom-fields\
**Created:** [18.Февраль.2015 20:47:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-based-on-user-custom-fields/276719 "2015-02-18T20:47:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [22.Февраль.2015 19:00:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badges-based-on-user-custom-fields/276719/6 "2015-02-22T19:00:31Z")

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> [@PJH](#):
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> And you’ll have to be careful when editing (specifically adding and removing other) fields of course.

Agreed. I’m hopeful to find an answer related to that here:

> [@Unused TOS custom user field safe to delete?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unused-tos-custom-user-field-safe-to-delete/25464):
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> AFAIK, I am not using this pre-provided “TOS” custom user field, and we use SSO for external registration. Is it safe to delete this custom field using the (enabled) Delete button? Will doing so renumber/rename my 2nd custom field named user\_field\_2 in the databse or will user\_field\_1 be forever gone and not reused?

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