# Possible to ask for phone number when signing up for Discourse?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-ask-for-phone-number-when-signing-up-for-discourse/157000
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-ask-for-phone-number-when-signing-up-for-discourse/157000 "2020-07-07T07:36:57Z")
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### Author: ![salamandea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/salamandea/32/203419_2.png) [@salamandea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/salamandea)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-ask-for-phone-number-when-signing-up-for-discourse/157000/1 "2020-07-07T07:36:57Z")

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Hi all!

I’d like to collect the phone number of users when they sign-up for my Discourse forum.

At the moment, Discourse is asking for Email, Username, Name, and Password to accept an invitation. Is it possible to ask for the phone number at this step too?

Thank you very much in advance!

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/e/5e3244f82c1ef1b4259edc9a92d003ef431f490b.png)

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### Author: ![markersocial](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/markersocial/32/170136_2.png) [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-ask-for-phone-number-when-signing-up-for-discourse/157000/2 "2020-07-07T07:46:53Z")

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You can add a custom user field:  
/admin/customize/user\_fields

It won’t be validated though.

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### Author: ![salamandea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/salamandea/32/203419_2.png) [@salamandea](https://meta.discourse.org/u/salamandea)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-ask-for-phone-number-when-signing-up-for-discourse/157000/3 "2020-07-07T08:02:25Z")

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> [@markersocial](#):
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> /admin/customize/user\_fields

Thank you, that worked! 👍

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-ask-for-phone-number-when-signing-up-for-discourse/157000/4 "2020-08-06T08:02:29Z")

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