# Unable to ignore user using API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-ignore-user-using-api/265343>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [May 17, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-ignore-user-using-api/265343 "2023-05-17T14:48:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisbai2021](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbai2021/32/307437_2.png) [@chrisbai2021](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chrisbai2021)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-ignore-user-using-api/265343/10 "2023-05-17T16:02:12Z")

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Ah, I guess I need to use `ignored_usernames` in the user object to implement the hiding behavior 🙂

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