# Custom user field that’s hidden from user and editable by API?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-that-s-hidden-from-user-and-editable-by-api/215838>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api, user-custom-fields\
**Created:** [January 24, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-that-s-hidden-from-user-and-editable-by-api/215838 "2022-01-24T16:23:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nerd\_Alert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nerd_alert/32/237766_2.png) [@Nerd\_Alert](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nerd_Alert)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-that-s-hidden-from-user-and-editable-by-api/215838/6 "2022-01-25T13:28:42Z")

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this would require me to manually enter one for each user, no?

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