# Make email optional

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-email-optional/227971>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 24, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-email-optional/227971 "2022-05-24T13:57:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![codergautam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codergautam/32/261083_2.png) [@codergautam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codergautam)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-email-optional/227971/1 "2022-05-24T13:57:56Z")

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I know everyone will hate me for this, but I need a way to make email optional, or at least make the email verification optional.

The main problem is, i’m making a forum for a game, and mostly kids aged 8-12 play it. A lot of them don’t have a personal email, and they end up using their school one, which doesn’t allow emails from 3rd party domains.

For my game, I have a login system with just a username, a password, and an optional email for password recovery. This system worked much better for us, instead of forcing email verification.

Is there a way to do this with discourse? I’m selfhosting and I’m willing to learn how to make a plugin for this (some JS, PY and PHP experience)

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