# Default value is not working

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-value-is-not-working/58566>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [February 28, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-value-is-not-working/58566 "2023-02-28T09:33:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![madhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@madhu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/madhu)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-value-is-not-working/58566/1 "2023-02-28T09:33:47Z")

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Hi Everyone,  
I have set default value for the email in a form, some times that default value is being recorded, you can check in the screenshot the user id is empty

 ![Screenshot from 2023-02-28 14-59-32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/3/8/3822d16907d26d894e0fbea7186d907ab56325be.png)

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-value-is-not-working/58566/2 "2023-02-28T13:10:33Z")

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Can you reproduce that behaviour in a video?

Is that the signed-in user’s rowID/email? Are you using a form’s “special value”?

> **[Glide • Introduction to Values](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/reference/values/introduction-to-values)**
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> Learn about the different values types you can work with.

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**Author:** ![madhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@madhu](https://community.glideapps.com/u/madhu)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-value-is-not-working/58566/3 "2023-03-01T09:43:23Z")

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Signed-user’s email

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/default-value-is-not-working/58566/4 "2023-03-01T10:37:26Z")

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Can you reproduce that in a video?