# Cant update email via API - invalid\_access error

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-update-email-via-api-invalid-access-error/87260>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 11, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-update-email-via-api-invalid-access-error/87260 "2018-05-11T13:06:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-update-email-via-api-invalid-access-error/87260/11 "2019-08-22T22:41:26Z")

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You mean that the UX/API _should_ make it possible to set a user’s email address to whatever you want. (Not that you believe that it is currently possible.)

You can initiate a change (via UX and I presume API) by editing their profile and entering the new address, but it won’t be changed until they click the link in their email. Is that good enough? If not, you’ll need to do it from the console or a plugin.

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