# Creating 'ghost' assignees **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Created:** [12 April 2018 10:17 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780 "2018-04-12T10:17:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dan\_Murphy](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Dan\_Murphy](https://forum.asana.com/u/Dan_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2018 10:17 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/1 "2018-04-12T10:17:25Z")
Hi I manage between five and ten operatives on a construction site at any time. Although I would never expect them to use Asana, I would still like to be able to assign tasks to them just for my benefit. Is it possible to create assignees without creating accounts so that I can list separately the tasks I’ve assigned to each operative. It would be great to be able to print off a list for each guy at the click of a button as well. Thanks, Dan ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2018 12:49 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/2 "2018-04-12T12:49:44Z")
What you can do is create a gmail address [dan-murphy@gmail.com](mailto:dan-murphy@gmail.com) and then create an Asana account for [dan-murphy+1@gmail.com](mailto:dan-murphy+1@gmail.com), [dan-murphy+2@gmail.com](mailto:dan-murphy+2@gmail.com) etc. It will be seen as different addresses by Asana but all emails will arrive at [dan-murphy@gmail.com](mailto:dan-murphy@gmail.com) so you will be able to validate the accounts. Does it make sense? ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Murphy](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Dan\_Murphy](https://forum.asana.com/u/Dan_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2018 13:58 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/3 "2018-04-12T13:58:54Z")
Thanks for the reply. It would be good if Asana allowed me to create assignees without having to set up outside email addresses though. Is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [13 April 2018 14:22 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/4 "2018-04-13T14:22:42Z")
My intuition is that you can actually invite someone with a “fake” email address. He will never get the email but you will be able to assign task to him. Can you try? ---
**Author:** ![Dixie\_McCartney](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/dixie_mccartney/32/37656_2.png) [@Dixie\_McCartney](https://forum.asana.com/u/Dixie_McCartney)\ **Post date:** [29 September 2019 19:09 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/5 "2019-09-29T19:09:47Z")
This does work, but you are at risk of exposing the project to unknown third parties if the address you attempt turns out not to be fake. Falsifying data should never be an official product solution. Asana needs a feature to permit non-email assignees and it needs it yesterday. This is included in competing applications. ---
**Author:** ![anon78389276](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon78389276](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon78389276)\ **Post date:** [7 February 2020 01:28 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/6 "2020-02-07T01:28:18Z")
One idea for this is to use an additional field. Still a little bit of a workaround, but better than fake gmail addresses. ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [7 February 2020 08:10 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/7 "2020-02-07T08:10:26Z")
> [@anon78389276](#): > > but better than fake gmail addresses why? ---
**Author:** ![anon78389276](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon78389276](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon78389276)\ **Post date:** [7 February 2020 17:30 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/8 "2020-02-07T17:30:09Z")
This is my understanding: - It is work to set up a fake address - The fake address takes up a license and therefore costs money ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [8 February 2020 13:08 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/9 "2020-02-08T13:08:07Z")
That’s the thing: if you are setup with an org and use gmail for fake addresses they will be guest and you won’t pay for them. It takes 2min per address I would say. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Roman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/emily_roman/32/283076_2.png) [@Emily\_Roman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Emily_Roman)\ **Post date:** [30 November 2021 10:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-ghost-assignees/19780/11 "2021-11-30T10:54:57Z")
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