# Bulk change user settings
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-user-settings/60238
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 31, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-user-settings/60238 "2017-03-31T15:18:34Z")
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### Author:  [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-user-settings/60238/1 "2017-03-31T15:18:34Z")
I’m sure this has been covered someplace, but I could not find it. How can I bulk change user settings?
Most of my members are in mailing list mode. I wished I had made the default setting for “Include previous replies at the bottom of emails”
Is there a way that I can change this for everyone?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-user-settings/60238/2 "2017-03-31T15:37:13Z")
Please review:
> [@Edit a user preference for everyone or a subset of users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-a-user-setting-for-all-discourse-users/25162):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to edit a user preference for everyone or a subset of users in Discourse. person_raising_hand Required user level: System Administrator warning Console access is required. If you need to update the user preference for all of your users or a large subset of users, you can do so via the rails console. Summary In this guide, you’ll learn: How to access the Rails console for making bulk changes Examples of modifying user preferences How to identify se…
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-user-settings/60238/3 "2019-05-20T22:46:14Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bulk-change-user-settings/60238/4 "2019-06-19T22:46:15Z")
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