# Making the name field required or removing it?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-the-name-field-required-or-removing-it/26574>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [20.Март.2015 12:45:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-the-name-field-required-or-removing-it/26574 "2015-03-20T12:45:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![slegrand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/slegrand/32/40000_2.png) [@slegrand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/slegrand)\
**Post date:** [20.Март.2015 12:45:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-the-name-field-required-or-removing-it/26574/1 "2015-03-20T12:45:35Z")

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Hi. I’ve searched around but couldn’t find an easy way (via the admin page) to set the name field as required or to remove it so I can create a custom one that is required.

Sorry if this is a basic question, I am at a loss. 😕

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