# 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:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
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Hello and welcome @chrisbai2021 🙂

The ignore feature is Trust Level based, so it could be that your test user is not at TL2 yet (the default level to use that feature).

You also can’t ignore admins and mods, so it would also depend on who you’re trying to ignore. 🙂

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