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> Learn how to update root attributes in existing user profiles using the Auth0 Management API.

# Update Root Attributes for Users

You can update root attributes for an existing user profile using Auth0's <Tooltip tip="Management API: A product to allow customers to perform administrative tasks." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=Management+API">Management API</Tooltip>.

Auth0's [Normalized User Profile](/docs/manage-users/user-accounts/user-profiles/user-profile-structure) features root attributes that you can update. The specific root attributes that you can update depend on the [connection](/docs/authenticate/identity-providers) type you're using. For details relevant to the connection you are using, see [User Profile Root Attributes](/docs/manage-users/user-accounts/user-profiles/root-attributes).

Make a `PATCH` call to the [Update a User endpoint](https://auth0.com/docs/api/management/v2/users/patch-users-by-id). Be sure to replace `USER_ID`, `MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN`, `GIVEN_NAME_VALUE`, `FAMILY_NAME_VALUE`, `NAME_VALUE`, `NICKNAME_VALUE`, and `PICTURE` placeholder values with your user ID, Management API <Tooltip tip="Access Token: Authorization credential, in the form of an opaque string or JWT, used to access an API." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=Access+Token">Access Token</Tooltip>, given name, family name, name, nickname, and picture URL, respectively.

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL lines
  curl --request PATCH \
    --url 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID' \
    --header 'authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
    --header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
    --header 'content-type: application/json' \
    --data '{ "given_name": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, "family_name": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,"name": NAME_VALUE, "nickname": NICKNAME_VALUE,"picture": PICTURE_VALUE }'
  ```

  ```csharp C# lines
  var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID");
  var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
  request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
  request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN");
  request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
  request.AddParameter("application/json", "{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }", ParameterType.RequestBody);
  IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
  ```

  ```go Go lines expandable
  package main

  import (
  	"fmt"
  	"strings"
  	"net/http"
  	"io/ioutil"
  )

  func main() {

  	url := "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID"

  	payload := strings.NewReader("{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }")

  	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

  	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
  	req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  	req.Header.Add("cache-control", "no-cache")

  	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  	defer res.Body.Close()
  	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  	fmt.Println(res)
  	fmt.Println(string(body))

  }
  ```

  ```java Java lines
  HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID")
    .header("content-type", "application/json")
    .header("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN")
    .header("cache-control", "no-cache")
    .body("{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }")
    .asString();
  ```

  ```javascript Node.JS lines
  var axios = require("axios").default;

  var options = {
    method: 'PATCH',
    url: 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID',
    headers: {
      'content-type': 'application/json',
      authorization: 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN',
      'cache-control': 'no-cache'
    },
    data: '{ "given_name": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, "family_name": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,"name": NAME_VALUE, "nickname": NICKNAME_VALUE,"picture": PICTURE_VALUE }'
  };

  axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
  }).catch(function (error) {
    console.error(error);
  });
  ```

  ```obj-c Obj-C lines expandable
  #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

  NSDictionary *headers = @{ @"content-type": @"application/json",
                             @"authorization": @"Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
                             @"cache-control": @"no-cache" };

  NSData *postData = [[NSData alloc] initWithData:[@"{ "given_name": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, "family_name": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,"name": NAME_VALUE, "nickname": NICKNAME_VALUE,"picture": PICTURE_VALUE }" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

  NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID"]
                                                         cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                                     timeoutInterval:10.0];
  [request setHTTPMethod:@"PATCH"];
  [request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];
  [request setHTTPBody:postData];

  NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
  NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
                                              completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
                                                  if (error) {
                                                      NSLog(@"%@", error);
                                                  } else {
                                                      NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
                                                      NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse);
                                                  }
                                              }];
  [dataTask resume];
  ```

  ```php PHP lines expandable
  $curl = curl_init();

  curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
      "authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "cache-control: no-cache",
      "content-type: application/json"
    ],
  ]);

  $response = curl_exec($curl);
  $err = curl_error($curl);

  curl_close($curl);

  if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
  } else {
    echo $response;
  }
  ```

  ```python Python lines
  import http.client

  conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

  payload = "{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }"

  headers = {
      'content-type': "application/json",
      'authorization': "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      'cache-control': "no-cache"
      }

  conn.request("PATCH", "/{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID", payload, headers)

  res = conn.getresponse()
  data = res.read()

  print(data.decode("utf-8"))
  ```

  ```ruby Ruby lines
  require 'uri'
  require 'net/http'
  require 'openssl'

  url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID")

  http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
  http.use_ssl = true
  http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

  request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
  request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
  request["authorization"] = 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN'
  request["cache-control"] = 'no-cache'
  request.body = "{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }"

  response = http.request(request)
  puts response.read_body
  ```

  ```swift Swift lines expandable
  import Foundation

  let headers = [
    "content-type": "application/json",
    "authorization": "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "cache-control": "no-cache"
  ]

  let postData = NSData(data: "{ "given_name": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, "family_name": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,"name": NAME_VALUE, "nickname": NICKNAME_VALUE,"picture": PICTURE_VALUE }".data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)

  let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID")! as URL,
                                          cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                      timeoutInterval: 10.0)
  request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
  request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
  request.httpBody = postData as Data

  let session = URLSession.shared
  let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
    if (error != nil) {
      print(error)
    } else {
      let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
      print(httpResponse)
    }
  })

  dataTask.resume()
  ```
</CodeGroup>

<table class="table">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th><strong>Value</strong></th>
      <th><strong>Description</strong></th>
    </tr>
  </thead>

  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><code>USER\_ID</code></td>
      <td>Τhe ID of the user to be updated.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><code>MGMT\_API\_ACCESS\_TOKEN</code></td>
      <td><a href="https://auth0.com/docs/api/management/v2/tokens">Access Token for the Management API</a> with the <Tooltip tip="Mechanism that determines actions applications can perform on a user's behalf with information previously created in an online resource." cta="View Glossary" href="/docs/glossary?term=scope">scope</Tooltip> <code>update:users</code>.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><code>GIVEN\_NAME\_VALUE</code></td>
      <td>Given name of the user to be updated.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><code>FAMILY\_NAME\_VALUE</code></td>
      <td>Family name of the user to be updated.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><code>NAME\_VALUE</code></td>
      <td>Full name of the user to be updated.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><code>NICKNAME\_VALUE</code></td>
      <td>Nickname of the user to be updated.</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><code>PICTURE\_VALUE</code></td>
      <td>URL of the picture for the user to be updated.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Removing attributes

Setting any value to `null` will remove the attribute for the user.

## Learn more

* [User Profile Structure](/docs/manage-users/user-accounts/user-profiles/user-profile-structure)
* [Set Root Attributes During User Import](/docs/manage-users/user-accounts/user-profiles/root-attributes/set-root-attributes-during-user-import)
* [Set Root Attributes During User Signup](/docs/manage-users/user-accounts/user-profiles/root-attributes/set-root-attributes-during-user-sign-up)