# How to make user fields visible to all users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-user-fields-visible-to-all-users/97472>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-user-fields-visible-to-all-users/97472 "2018-09-18T16:58:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-user-fields-visible-to-all-users/97472/2 "2018-09-18T23:52:47Z")

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Custom user fields can be displayed on the user card and the user’s summary page. To display a custom field on the user card, select the ‘Show on user card?’ checkbox when you create or edit a field. To display a custom field on the user’s summary page, select the ‘Show on public profile?’ checkbox when you create or edit a field.

> [@Valerie\_Marcel](#):
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> How can we get those fields to be visible next to the usernames when users click on “users”? we want them to see who is on the platform, where they work and who is online at the time. We are not interested in seeing how many likes they got or time spent on the platform.

To display these fields on the users page, for example [https://meta.discourse.org/u](https://meta.discourse.org/u) would require a fairly advanced customization. The fields that are displayed on the users page cannot be adjusted through site settings. If the users page is not useful for your site, you can hide it by deselecting the **enable user directory** Site Setting.

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