---
title: "Edit a user (Admin)"
method: PATCH
path: "/users/{user_id}"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Edit a user (Admin)

`PATCH /users/{user_id}`

Update an existing user.

## Path parameters

- `user_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `password` string
- `email` string
- `fullname` string
- `website` string
- `state` string
- `city` string
- `disable` 0 | 1
- `group` integer
- `maxbitrate` string
- `fullname_public` 0 | 1
- `reset_apikey` 0 | 1
- `reset_streamtoken` 0 | 1
- `clear_stats` 0 | 1

## Request body

- UserEditRequest
  - `password` string — Deprecated: for privacy, send this in a form or JSON request body instead of the query string (query values land in server/proxy logs and browser history). Query-string support is retained for backward compatibility.
  - `email` string
  - `fullname` string
  - `website` string
  - `state` string
  - `city` string
  - `disable` 0 | 1
  - `group` integer
  - `maxbitrate` string — Maximum transcode bitrate for the user, in bits per second (e.g 320000 = 320Kb). API6 and older take this value in kbps.
  - `fullname_public` 0 | 1
  - `reset_apikey` 0 | 1
  - `reset_streamtoken` 0 | 1
  - `clear_stats` 0 | 1

## Response `200`

Updated

- SuccessResponse
  - `success` string

## Other responses

- `400` — HTTP 400 Bad Request (errors 4705, 4710).
- `401` — HTTP 401 Unauthorized (error 4701).
- `403` — HTTP 403 Forbidden (errors 4700, 4703, 4742).
- `404` — HTTP 404 Not Found (error 4704).
- `500` — HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (error 4702).

---

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