Change user_id value of User in User managemet

[mohitraj]

Upon creating a user in User management, “user_id” value is auto generated. The value thus assigned is of type e.g. “auth0|641352f868011b5234gc23bb”.

Is it possible to change this value either in UI or through API? The presence of special character pipe “|” is causing problem in our application.

[tyf]

Hello @mohitraj welcome to the community!

@mohitraj

Is it possible to change this value either in UI or through API? The presence of special character pipe “|” is causing problem in our application.

Unfortunately this is not possible - Your best bet could be adding a custom id to metadata and using that in your application.

Remove the "auth0|" prefix of the user ids

Problem statement Is it possible to remove the “auth0|” prefix of the user ids? Symptoms The user ids for Auth0 databases include a prefix “auth0|” that some customers want to avoid sometimes Cause The user_id property is guaranteed to be unique (within a tenant) per user in the format {identity provider id}|{unique id in the provider}. There are ways to create users that will accept a user ID such as via Management API, Bulk Import or a Custom DB, but Auth0 will add the prefix to it anyway: a…