# Row Owner - RowID v Email, or other options - discuss

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/row-owner-rowid-v-email-or-other-options-discuss/22292>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [February 5, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/row-owner-rowid-v-email-or-other-options-discuss/22292 "2021-02-05T16:35:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/row-owner-rowid-v-email-or-other-options-discuss/22292/2 "2021-02-05T16:43:29Z")

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> [@Mishta\_P](#):
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> but what happens if a user wants to change their email for any reason.

I [ventured down this rabbit hole](https://community.glideapps.com/t/allowing-users-to-change-their-email-address/19007) a few months ago. I got to the point where I had a semi-working solution, but it was very fragile. So in the end I abandoned the idea. If a user asks for their email address to be changed, I just do a global search and replace in the Google Sheet. Simple. Done. Maybe they lose the state of some user-specific columns. Shrug, I can live with that.

On email vs RowID, I try to use RowID to identify a user wherever I can. I think it’s a better practice.

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