# Change user's email without verification

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-email-without-verification/66602>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** rails-console\
**Created:** [21 ביולי,‏ 2017,‏ 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-email-without-verification/66602 "2017-07-21T15:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![mint\_saxon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mint_saxon/32/167253_2.png) [@mint\_saxon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mint_saxon)\
**Post date:** [22 באוגוסט,‏ 2021,‏ 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-users-email-without-verification/66602/12 "2021-08-22T23:50:55Z")

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> [@Iceman](#):
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> But I’m getting `NoMethodError: undefined method `update’ for nil:NilClass` . So maybe the fields changed again in the last two years? 😛

It worked for me! If you’re still facing this problem (or for anyone else who finds this topic 😅), I think you’d get that error if `UserEmail.find_by(email: "oid@example.com")` didn’t return anything. Might be worth double-checking if the email address matches exactly.

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