# Verify Users by Unique Code

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/verify-users-by-unique-code/190685
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** pr-welcome, intercom
**Created:** [May 1, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verify-users-by-unique-code/190685 "2021-05-01T18:10:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Paul\_King1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/paul_king1/32/218888_2.png) [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verify-users-by-unique-code/190685/1 "2021-05-01T18:10:03Z")

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How Can I set it so that is is verified by a unique code. Because it will become hard if users keep changing there email address.

kind regards

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### Author: ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 7:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verify-users-by-unique-code/190685/2 "2021-05-02T07:10:09Z")

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@Paul_King1 currently it’s only supporting email-based verification. #pr-welcome if you want to verify it based on user-id.

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### Author: ![Paul\_King1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/paul_king1/32/218888_2.png) [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2021, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/verify-users-by-unique-code/190685/3 "2021-05-02T08:55:06Z")

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Thanks for your reply.

I was looking here and it says that it is possible to do: [What is user\_id and why would I want to use it? | Intercom Help](https://www.intercom.com/help/en/articles/268-what-is-user_id-and-why-would-i-want-to-use-it)