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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions admin_manual/configuration_user/profile_configuration.rst
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Expand Up @@ -82,12 +82,22 @@ These correspond to the visibility options in **Personal settings** -> **Persona
Defaults
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By default, most profile fields are configured as **Show to everyone**, while some
contact-related fields default to **Show to logged in accounts only**.
Most profile fields default to **Show to everyone**, while some contact-related fields
(e.g. address, email, and phone) default to **Show to logged in accounts only**.
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@miaulalala miaulalala Jul 30, 2026

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Is there a way we could have a list of default profile fields and their settings? Not a blocker, maybe a follow up even.

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lets do that in a follow up

@joshtrichards joshtrichards Jul 30, 2026

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I'm feeling like this entire chapter has a lot of the key info collected together now, but the next major improvement (or series of improvements) should be to organize/present/explain it all better.

I wrote a lot of the latest revisions and I still find it confusing AF. ;)


Administrators should note that these defaults are independent from the default
*property scopes* described below.

Server configuration preset categories can override these initial defaults:

- **Shared**, **School**, and **University**: address, email, and phone default to **Hide**.
- **Private**, **Family**, and **Club**: email defaults to **Show to everyone**.
- **Small**, **Medium**, and **Large**: email and phone default to
**Show to everyone**.

These are initial per-user profile-visibility values. Existing stored profile
visibility settings are not changed merely by selecting or changing a preset.

.. _profile-property-scopes:

Property visibility scopes
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