# Changing the properties User
**URL:** https://forum.mattermost.com/t/changing-the-properties-user/2589
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [December 6, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/changing-the-properties-user/2589 "2016-12-06T06:38:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@danilvoe](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/danilvoe)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/changing-the-properties-user/2589/1 "2016-12-06T06:38:02Z")
How can I specify a user other than the default value of the property (or change the default values)?
Interested Display category value property Teammate Name Display
Interested job option through API or through the server itself property
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### Author:  [@jasonblais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jasonblais)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/changing-the-properties-user/2589/2 "2016-12-12T22:01:38Z")
Hey @danilvoe,
Just to clarify, are you looking for a way to set a default **Account Settings \> Display \> Teammate Name Display** setting for all your users?
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### Author:  [@danilvoe](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/danilvoe)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/changing-the-properties-user/2589/3 "2016-12-13T11:56:06Z")
@jasonblais Absolutely. We need a way to set the default settings and it is desirable to have a mechanism pereopredleniya these settings for existing users.
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### Author:  [@jasonblais](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/jasonblais)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/changing-the-properties-user/2589/4 "2016-12-13T13:28:40Z")
Got it, thanks @danilvoe!
We’ve got an open feature request in [our Feature Idea forums](https://mattermost.uservoice.com/forums/306457-general/suggestions/16821181-add-option-to-set-multi-team-team-or-server-wide-d).
Can you help upvote it and we’ll prioritize it against other features? If you’re interested in implementing, please say so and we’ll prioritize the review.
You get **10** votes in the feature idea forum, and each one influences the future of the project.For feature requests, please see: [http://www.mattermost.org/feature-requests/](http://www.mattermost.org/feature-requests/).