supabase/apps/reference/_supabase_js/generated/auth-updateuser.mdx

---
id: auth-updateuser
title: 'updateUser()'
slug: /auth-updateuser
custom_edit_url: https://github.com/supabase/supabase/edit/master/spec/supabase_js_v2_legacy.yml
---

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Updates user data, if there is a logged in user.

```js
const { user, error } = await supabase.auth.updateUser({
  data: { hello: 'world' },
})
```

## Parameters

<ul className="method-list-group">
  
<li className="method-list-item">
  <h4 className="method-list-item-label">
    <span className="method-list-item-label-name">
      UserAttributes
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-label-badge required">
      required
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-validation">
      <code>object</code>
    </span>
  </h4>
  <div class="method-list-item-description">

No description provided.

  </div>
  
<ul className="method-list-group">
  <h5 class="method-list-title method-list-title-isChild expanded">Properties</h5>

<li className="method-list-item">
  <h4 className="method-list-item-label">
    <span className="method-list-item-label-name">
      data
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-label-badge false">
      optional
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-validation">
      <code>object</code>
    </span>
  </h4>
  <div class="method-list-item-description">

A custom data object for user_metadata that a user can modify. Can be any JSON.

  </div>
  
</li>

<li className="method-list-item">
  <h4 className="method-list-item-label">
    <span className="method-list-item-label-name">
      email
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-label-badge false">
      optional
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-validation">
      <code>string</code>
    </span>
  </h4>
  <div class="method-list-item-description">

The user's email.

  </div>
  
</li>

<li className="method-list-item">
  <h4 className="method-list-item-label">
    <span className="method-list-item-label-name">
      email_change_token
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-label-badge false">
      optional
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-validation">
      <code>string</code>
    </span>
  </h4>
  <div class="method-list-item-description">

An email change token.

  </div>
  
</li>

<li className="method-list-item">
  <h4 className="method-list-item-label">
    <span className="method-list-item-label-name">
      password
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-label-badge false">
      optional
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-validation">
      <code>string</code>
    </span>
  </h4>
  <div class="method-list-item-description">

The user's password.

  </div>
  
</li>

<li className="method-list-item">
  <h4 className="method-list-item-label">
    <span className="method-list-item-label-name">
      phone
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-label-badge false">
      optional
    </span>
    <span className="method-list-item-validation">
      <code>string</code>
    </span>
  </h4>
  <div class="method-list-item-description">

The user's phone.

  </div>
  
</li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

## Notes

User email: Email updates will send an email to both the user's current and new email with a confirmation link by default.
To toggle this behavior off and only send a single confirmation link to the new email, toggle "Double confirm email changes" under "Authentication" -> "Settings" off.

User metadata: It's generally better to store user data in a table inside your public schema (i.e. `public.users`).
Use the `update()` method if you have data which rarely changes or is specific only to the logged in user.

## Examples

### Update email for authenticated user.

Sends a "Confirm Email Change" email to the new email address.

```js
const { data, error } = await supabase.auth.updateUser({
  email: 'new@email.com',
})
```

### Update password for authenticated user.

```js
const { data, error } = await supabase.auth.updateUser({
  password: 'new password',
})
```

### Update a user's metadata.

```js
const { user, error } = await supabase.auth.updateUser({
  data: { hello: 'world' },
})
```