# User settings documentation

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/user-settings-documentation/135736>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [July 28, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/user-settings-documentation/135736 "2025-07-28T15:01:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![desautelsj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/desautelsj/32/23584_2.png) [@desautelsj](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/desautelsj)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/user-settings-documentation/135736/1 "2025-07-28T15:01:28Z")

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The documentation for the [Update user settings endpoint](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/users/#tag/users/patch/users/%7BuserId%7D/settings) shows a sample JSON payload that includes the values that we can update (I didn’t count them, but I estimate there are about 200 of values that can be updated). The following screenshot shows a dozen of the user settings we can update:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/e/1/e14d7ecee7bb117c671c5493f9664e75e273824c.png)

However, only a very small subset of these values are documented:

```auto
- authentication_option
    - action: The authentication action.
    - default_option: The authentication default option.
    - domains: The authentication domains.
    - id: The authentication ID.
    - name: The authentication name.
    - type: The authentication type.

- meeting_authentication: Only authenticated users can join meetings

- recording_authentication: Only authenticated users can view cloud recordings

```

Similarly, only a very small subset of the settings is documented in the [Get user settings endpoint](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/users/#tag/users/get/users/%7BuserId%7D/settings) documentation.

I’m pretty sure this information was available at some point in time. Maybe it was lost during the last UI refresh for API references (which occurred about a year ago if I remember correctly)?

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/user-settings-documentation/135736/2 "2026-02-04T01:44:04Z")

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Hi @desautelsj  
Thanks for your patience here.  
I have been reviewing our API specs, and it seems like all the values in our spec are included in our Docs. Can you elaborate on what you mean here please?

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**Author:** ![desautelsj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/desautelsj/32/23584_2.png) [@desautelsj](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/desautelsj)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/user-settings-documentation/135736/3 "2026-02-04T02:05:25Z")

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It’s been more than 6 months since I looked at this issue so it‘s not fresh in my memory, but if I remember correctly the issue was that on the right side of the documentation page for this specific endpoint, I can see example of data I can provide for a given user such as pictured in the first screenshot I posted last July (“email\_notification” and “feature” are two such examples that are visible in the screenshot) but I couldn’t find any documentation for these settings.

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**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/user-settings-documentation/135736/4 "2026-02-04T20:18:42Z")

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I see what you mean! Thanks @desautelsj  
I escalated this to our Engineering team. Will keep you updated (ZSEE-193789)