# Custom user fields not "Editable after signup": allow mods, admins to edit?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-not-editable-after-signup-allow-mods-admins-to-edit/169682
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** user-custom-fields
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-not-editable-after-signup-allow-mods-admins-to-edit/169682 "2020-11-10T01:01:21Z")
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### Author: ![paulrudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/paulrudy/32/259901_2.png) [@paulrudy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paulrudy)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-fields-not-editable-after-signup-allow-mods-admins-to-edit/169682/1 "2020-11-10T01:01:21Z")

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As the title says, it would be very helpful to have a setting to allow 1) admins, 2) mods, or 3) all staff to edit entries to custom user fields that are not marked “Editable after signup”.

Currently, to edit a user’s non-editable-after-signup custom field entry, admins have to temporarily change the field so that it’s editable after signup, make the edit, and then change the field setting again.