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# Custom profile fields
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{!admin-only.md!}
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By default, user profiles show their name, email, date they joined, and when
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they were last active. You can also add custom profile fields like country
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of residence, birthday, manager, Twitter handle, and more.
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Custom profile fields are always optional, and do not appear in users'
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profiles until they fill them out.
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Zulip supports synchronizing custom profile fields from an external
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user database such as LDAP or SAML. See the [authentication
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methods][authentication-production] documentation for details.
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## Add a custom profile field
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{start_tabs}
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{settings_tab|profile-field-settings}
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1. Click **Add a new profile field**.
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1. Fill out profile field information as desired, and click **Add**.
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1. In the **Labels** column, click and drag the vertical dots to reorder the
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list of custom profile fields.
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{end_tabs}
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## Edit a custom profile field
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{start_tabs}
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{settings_tab|profile-field-settings}
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1. In the **Actions** column, click the **pencil** (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>)
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icon for the profile field you want to edit.
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1. Edit profile field information as desired, and click **Save changes**.
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{end_tabs}
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## Profile field types
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There are several different types of fields available.
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* **Short text**: For one line responses, like
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"Job title". Responses are limited to 50 characters.
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* **Long text**: For multiline responses, like "Biography".
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* **Date picker**: For dates, like "Birthday".
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* **Link**: For links to websites.
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* **External account**: For linking to GitHub, Twitter, etc.
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* **Pronouns**: What pronouns should people use to refer to the user?
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* **List of options**: Creates a dropdown with a list of options.
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* **Person picker**: For selecting one or more users, like "Manager" or
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"Direct reports".
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## Display custom fields on user card
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Organizations may find it useful to display additional fields on the
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user card, such as pronouns, GitHub username, job title, team, etc.
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All field types other than "Long text" or "Person" have a checkbox option
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that controls whether to display a custom field on the user card.
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There's a limit to the number of custom profile fields that can be displayed
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at a time. If the maximum number of fields is already selected, all unselected
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checkboxes will be disabled.
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{start_tabs}
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{settings_tab|profile-field-settings}
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1. In the **Actions** column, click the **pencil** (<i class="fa fa-pencil"></i>)
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icon for the profile field you want to edit.
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1. Toggle **Display on user card**.
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4. Click **Save changes**.
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!!! tip ""
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You can also choose which custom profile fields will be displayed by toggling
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the checkboxes in the **Card** column of the **Custom profile fields** table.
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{end_tabs}
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## Related articles
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* [Edit your profile](/help/edit-your-profile)
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* [View someone's profile](/help/view-someones-profile)
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[authentication-production]: https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/production/authentication-methods.html
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