# Update user details

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-user-details/238554
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 9, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-user-details/238554 "2022-09-09T11:26:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![tiagomatosweb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tiagomatosweb/32/273440_2.png) [@tiagomatosweb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tiagomatosweb)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-user-details/238554/1 "2022-09-09T11:26:57Z")

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Hi, I was wondering how can we update users group and trust level via API.

I haven’t found anything in the docs.

Much appreciated.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-user-details/238554/2 "2022-09-09T11:56:49Z")

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See [How to reverse engineer the Discourse API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reverse-engineer-the-discourse-api/20576)

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### Author: ![tiagomatosweb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tiagomatosweb/32/273440_2.png) [@tiagomatosweb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tiagomatosweb)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-user-details/238554/3 "2022-09-12T04:26:45Z")

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Wow… that was simple haha! Thank you!

Just one more question, I am not able to change the name even via Discourse dashboard.

Is that because the user was created via [DiscourseConnect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) (SSO)?

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-user-details/238554/4 "2022-09-12T05:00:31Z")

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Right. You must have have sso\_overrides\_name set (or some same like that).

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### Author: ![tiagomatosweb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tiagomatosweb/32/273440_2.png) [@tiagomatosweb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tiagomatosweb)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-user-details/238554/5 "2022-09-12T06:11:12Z")

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yeah!  
“Overrides local full name with external site full name on every login, and prevent local changes. Applies to all authentication providers.”

That was marked.

Thank you Jay, much appreciated.