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Change your primary email address

Allowing a user to change their primary email is a critical task when they only use their username and email address to sign in to your app. Much like a password, a user must be able to change their email address, especially if it becomes compromised. In your backend app that uses the

for authentication, use the

to enable your users to change their primary emails.

Specifically, in your app that uses the

, set the User object's profile.email property to the new primary email and then call update() to save the changes.

client.getUser('johndoe@okta.com').then(user => {
  user.profile.email = 'johndoeprimaryemail@okta.com';
  user.update().then(() => console.log('New user primary email has been saved'));
});

Note: The

Okta Node.js Management SDK (opens new window)
uses the Users API (opens new window) to update the user's profile information.

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