# Making a user field not editable when ‘for all users’ is selected

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** user-custom-fields\
**Created:** [March 15, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-user-field-not-editable-when-for-all-users-is-selected/357366 "2025-03-15T03:13:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-user-field-not-editable-when-for-all-users-is-selected/357366/7 "2025-05-07T06:56:43Z")

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I think it has to be editable so the users who have already signed up before you implement it can fill it in?

Are you thinking of a use case along the lines of ‘not editable once entered’?

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