# Nieuwe accounts kunnen niet meer worden aangemaakt vanwege oude multi-select user field plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-create-new-accounts-due-to-old-multi-select-user-field-plugin/281700
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [10 oktober 2023 om 04:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-create-new-accounts-due-to-old-multi-select-user-field-plugin/281700 "2023-10-10T04:47:42Z")
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### Author: ![omarfilip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/omarfilip/32/208019_2.png) [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [10 oktober 2023 om 18:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-no-longer-create-new-accounts-due-to-old-multi-select-user-field-plugin/281700/13 "2023-10-10T18:55:12Z")

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I suppose an export of the user file will provide all the data that’s needed, and it can be cleaned up to make ready for import using something like this:

> [@.csv upload for bulk user custom field changes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/csv-upload-for-bulk-user-custom-field-changes/218619/5):
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> Jay has delivered the goods: It requires some competence with Linux / Bash in order to use it, and I’d strongly recommend doing a backup first and doing it at a quiet time as you can royally stuff up your user data if not careful. I trialled it on a staging server before using it on our production site. You might find this [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) query useful in order to get the existing data for the user\_field that you are targeting: --[params] -- string :ucf\_name = user\_field\_1 SELECT user\_id,…

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