# PUT /u/{username}.json does not change the email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-u-username-json-does-not-change-the-email/273272>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [July 30, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-u-username-json-does-not-change-the-email/273272 "2023-07-30T15:58:45Z")\
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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:** [July 31, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/put-u-username-json-does-not-change-the-email/273272/6 "2023-07-31T16:44:08Z")

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> [@xbd](#):
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> The auth server handles email confirmation. The applications should just do, what the auth server says.

Does the `auth overrides email` admin setting help with this?

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