# Can admins create user fields that are only visible/editable in the admin panel?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-admins-create-user-fields-that-are-only-visible-editable-in-the-admin-panel/386919
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** user-custom-fields
**Created:** [October 28, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-admins-create-user-fields-that-are-only-visible-editable-in-the-admin-panel/386919 "2025-10-28T11:32:35Z")
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-admins-create-user-fields-that-are-only-visible-editable-in-the-admin-panel/386919/9 "2025-11-05T17:50:07Z")

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@copymonopoly did the suggestions from Moin and Toddz help you resolve your issue? FWIW, we here on meta make very active use of user notes to share information amongst staff about our members. It works well (arguably better than custom user fields) because notes are right at your fingertips:

> [@Discourse User Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-user-notes/41026/1):
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> If a user has a user note, whenever they post you’ll see a little notes icon. Clicking it will bring up the notes:
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> ![user note indicator](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/b/9/ab9086b9da03bf5741a2a56397f0cde72231ac2c.png)

You can also access user notes via [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) and likely also add/access them via the API.

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