# Is it possible change the post owner?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-change-the-post-owner/134308
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [November 24, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-change-the-post-owner/134308 "2019-11-24T14:06:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@zeroarst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zeroarst)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-change-the-post-owner/134308/1 "2019-11-24T14:06:18Z")
I can change it via the Admin tool, but I am wondering if this can be done through the API?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-change-the-post-owner/134308/2 "2019-11-24T14:16:31Z")
Yes. [Reverse engineer the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reverse-engineer-the-discourse-api/20576)
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### Author:  [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-change-the-post-owner/134308/3 "2019-11-24T18:26:33Z")
This may also be helpful:
> [@Change ownership of all posts by a specific user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-ownership-of-all-posts-by-a-specific-user/48921):
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> bookmark This guide outlines the process to change the ownership of all posts by a specific user. This task requires console access. person_raising_hand Required user level: Server administrator with SSH access In Discourse, there may be situations where you need to change the ownership of all posts by a specific user. This guide provides the steps for achieving this on self-hosted Discourse instances. If you’re using Discourse hosting, please contact the support team at [team@discourse.o…](mailto:team@discourse.org)
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### Author:  [@JimPas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimPas)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2019, 10:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-change-the-post-owner/134308/4 "2019-11-24T22:50:50Z")
If you only want to change ownership of an _individual_ post, click on the menu below the post, then the wrench. The option to change the ownership of the individual post is in that list.
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### Author:  [@zeroarst](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zeroarst)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-change-the-post-owner/134308/5 "2019-11-25T08:51:18Z")
I feel shame as a developer didn’t work out this way!