# Can I set a custom title on users that join a group?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927 "2021-02-23T21:31:36Z")
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### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927/1 "2021-02-23T21:31:37Z")

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Hi everyone,

Is it possible to set a custom user title at the point of adding a user to a group?

Eg.

I add an existing user to a group called “`Super Duper Members`”. Can Discourse automatically update the title of that user to “Super Duper Members”, either immediately or on a daily check.

And similarly, if I remove a user from the “`Super Duper Members`” group, could it also then remove / clear their custom title? 🤔

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927/2 "2021-02-23T23:32:50Z")

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We have a default title option in the group settings:

 ![Screen Shot 2021-02-23 at 6.20.57 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/7/07f6ac7ce7b6f70c57d5b0867276962913717bab.png)

The key here is that the group must also have the `automatically set as primary group` option enabled. And if the user has already manually selected a title in their user preferences, it won’t be overridden by a new group membership (I believe we always prioritize explicit user preference choices with automatic behaviors like this?).

When they’re removed from the group, they’ll lose the title.

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### Author: ![Richie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/richie/32/115110_2.png) [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927/3 "2021-02-24T07:57:51Z")

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Thanks @awesomerobot this is _exactly_ what I was looking for 👍🏻

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-set-a-custom-title-on-users-that-join-a-group/180927/4 "2021-03-26T07:58:00Z")

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