# Multiselect Custom User Field not appearing in Search? **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Tags:** user-custom-fields\ **Created:** [June 28, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiselect-custom-user-field-not-appearing-in-search/231339 "2022-06-28T10:45:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![MichelleBasey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michellebasey/32/129433_2.png) [@MichelleBasey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MichelleBasey)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiselect-custom-user-field-not-appearing-in-search/231339/1 "2022-06-28T10:45:47Z")
I added a Custom User Field. My interface shows this field: ![Screenshot from 2022-06-28 02-50-56](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/9/9/399cc56fdcc33dc3449859192c904b4e99c61c9b.png) Searchable I clicked the box. I set up a multi-select list. I can successfully alter profiles with the multiselect list. It happily shows up on my User Card. Quick Search on the field name or the multi-select values does not find my user. Advanced Search on the field name or the multi-select values does not find my user. Advanced Search on the field name or the multi-select values and specifically selecting “Users” in the dropdown does not find my user. Admin Area - Users - nope, could not find a way to search there either. Admin Area - maybe there’s a global field interfering with this feature - could not find anything. Discourse Meta forum - maybe the answers are there on the global setting - could not find anything here. I’m super frustrated. Is the bug that the field exists? Is the bug that Advanced Search isn’t displaying the multi-select list when I select Users in the dropdown? Is this a user education bug and I need to click super secret Admin settings? Is this a poorly labeled field that has nothing to do with system searches? * * * I don’t mean to sound like a jerk - I’m very sorry if my frustration is coming across in my writing. I’m exhausted and I just want to cry. I’ve spent so much time reworking our process and delicately announcing the changes around this feature that may not be a feature at all. And yes, I am a complete dumbass for making decisions based a field label without actually testing it first. My frustration is of my own making. I know better. I was in QA for 17 years. I know better. Ever-alpha-software. I know, I know … --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiselect-custom-user-field-not-appearing-in-search/231339)._