# Setting Area Code for Phone User

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/setting-area-code-for-phone-user/69088>\
**Category:** Phone\
**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/setting-area-code-for-phone-user/69088 "2022-05-17T06:05:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![alex.ardalich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@alex.ardalich](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/alex.ardalich)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/setting-area-code-for-phone-user/69088/1 "2022-05-17T06:05:10Z")

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Hey there

Is this a bug or I’m doing it incorrectly?

I’ve found if I want to set the area\_code eg

```auto
https://api.zoom.us/v2/phone/users/<User_ID>/settings
[
    'area_code' => '08',
    'outbound_caller_id' => '',
]

```

This does not set the area\_code.

If I go in the UI and set one for this user, then I can update it to something else, but don’t appear to be able to set it if not already set to a value.

Thanks, Alex

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**Author:** ![justin.steinberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/justin.steinberg/32/9988_2.png) [@justin.steinberg](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/justin.steinberg)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/setting-area-code-for-phone-user/69088/2 "2022-05-17T15:20:35Z")

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Hi Alex,

This issue should be fixed in our May update which is scheduled to roll out this weekend. After that release, the API will allow setting area code for all users, including those without existing value.

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**Author:** ![alex.ardalich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@alex.ardalich](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/alex.ardalich)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/setting-area-code-for-phone-user/69088/3 "2022-05-19T22:47:51Z")

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ah awesome!

Thank you

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**Author:** ![myfordbenefits.cc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/myfordbenefits.cc/32/38303_2.png) [@myfordbenefits.cc](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/myfordbenefits.cc)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/setting-area-code-for-phone-user/69088/4 "2022-06-08T03:29:52Z")

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Thanks for sharing this solution[.](http://myfordbenefits.cc/)