# Is Sign in required for all User Specific Columns

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-sign-in-required-for-all-user-specific-columns/38263>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-sign-in-required-for-all-user-specific-columns/38263 "2022-02-08T17:18:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![ToOFa\_Apps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/toofa_apps/32/36816_2.png) [@ToOFa\_Apps](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ToOFa_Apps)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-sign-in-required-for-all-user-specific-columns/38263/1 "2022-02-08T17:18:42Z")

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I know that for favourites to be enabled, a user must sign in, but i noticed that a public users actions can be recorded into a user specific column (using actions like increment etc)  
If public users actions could be captured without them having to sign in then we could give them a slightly richer experience and offer value before we get their personal details. (if at all)  
Is this in fact the case or there a gremlin in my app.  
Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![kyleheney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kyleheney/32/41173_2.png) [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-sign-in-required-for-all-user-specific-columns/38263/2 "2022-02-08T17:23:43Z")

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The information below is found here: [https://docs.glideapps.com/all/product/data-editor/user-specific-columns](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/product/data-editor/user-specific-columns)

_To use user-specific columns, your app needs to use Sign-in with email or Allowed Email List. **You can still add user-specific columns with public or password-protected apps but user-specific columns will not be able to save data for each user and it will reset after each session.** _

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**Author:** ![ToOFa\_Apps](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/toofa_apps/32/36816_2.png) [@ToOFa\_Apps](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ToOFa_Apps)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-sign-in-required-for-all-user-specific-columns/38263/3 "2022-02-08T17:30:38Z")

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Okay perfect, if it saves while using the app and then resets once they navigate away from the browser or the app then they can still get a reasonably nice personalised experience. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn’t just my MacBook doing it’s own thing😅

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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-sign-in-required-for-all-user-specific-columns/38263/4 "2022-02-08T17:33:05Z")

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You can use-specific columns without the user being signed in, and then I believe the experience is personalized **just for that session** as you put it.

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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 9, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-sign-in-required-for-all-user-specific-columns/38263/5 "2022-02-09T00:00:11Z")

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Specifically when they close the tab/close the installed app then I think Glide “resets” those values.