# Importing users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-users/299772>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Created:** [March 18, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-users/299772 "2024-03-18T07:57:30Z")\
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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:** [March 24, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-users/299772/4 "2024-03-24T00:15:56Z")

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The imported users are assigned new Discourse ids. The ids in your csv are saved in a user custom field, but have nothing to do with the discourse user\_id.

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