# Removing the requirement to sign in when selecting "favorites"

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/removing-the-requirement-to-sign-in-when-selecting-favorites/22693>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/removing-the-requirement-to-sign-in-when-selecting-favorites/22693 "2021-02-12T19:20:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![A\_Healy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/a_healy/32/20240_2.png) [@A\_Healy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/A_Healy)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/removing-the-requirement-to-sign-in-when-selecting-favorites/22693/1 "2021-02-12T19:20:44Z")

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I have my app privacy settings set up as “Public” (rather than “Public with email”), because I don’t want to have to require people to sign in at all/at any point to use this app, but I get a prompt to sign in when I want to “favorite” an element- is there a way to remove the requirement to sign in?

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/removing-the-requirement-to-sign-in-when-selecting-favorites/22693/2 "2021-02-12T19:26:06Z")

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Not really at this time. Glide needs a way to track each user’s favorites, so it requires them to sign in so it can link those favorites to a user email. You could do something similar with user specific columns without requiring a sign in, but those values are lost once a user closes the app.

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**Author:** ![A\_Healy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/a_healy/32/20240_2.png) [@A\_Healy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/A_Healy)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/removing-the-requirement-to-sign-in-when-selecting-favorites/22693/3 "2021-02-12T19:29:42Z")

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Oh darn, but yeah that makes sense. I’ve been getting some pushback that the sign in is too much a barrier for some people who don’t want to go through the pin process. Thanks so much for your quick reply!! @Jeff_Hager

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**Author:** ![NoCodeAndy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nocodeandy/32/62530_2.png) [@NoCodeAndy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NoCodeAndy)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/removing-the-requirement-to-sign-in-when-selecting-favorites/22693/4 "2024-01-17T16:53:27Z")

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