Custom profile fields

By default, user profiles show their name, email, date they joined, and when they were last active. You can also add custom profile fields like country of residence, birthday, manager, Twitter handle, and more.

Custom profile fields are always optional, and do not appear in users' profiles until they fill them out.

Zulip supports synchronizing custom profile fields from an external user database such as LDAP or SAML. See the authentication methods documentation for details.

Add a custom profile field

Edit a custom profile field

Profile field types

There are several different types of fields available.

• Short text: For one line responses, like "Job title". Responses are limited to 50 characters.
• Long text: For multiline responses, like "Biography".
• Date picker: For dates, like "Birthday".
• Link: For links to websites.
• External account: For linking to GitHub, Twitter, etc.
• Pronouns: What pronouns should people use to refer to the user? Pronouns are displayed in user mention autocomplete suggestions.
• List of options: Creates a dropdown with a list of options.
• Person picker: For selecting one or more users, like "Manager" or "Direct reports".

Display custom fields on user card

Organizations may find it useful to display additional fields on the user card, such as pronouns, GitHub username, job title, team, etc.

All field types other than "Long text" or "Person" have a checkbox option that controls whether to display a custom field on the user card. There's a limit to the number of custom profile fields that can be displayed at a time. If the maximum number of fields is already selected, all unselected checkboxes will be disabled.

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