# Custom ID field - allow prefix to be blank

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/custom-id-field-allow-prefix-to-be-blank/694656>\
**Category:** Product Ideas\
**Created:** [6 February 2024 18:34 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/custom-id-field-allow-prefix-to-be-blank/694656 "2024-02-06T18:34:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\
**Post date:** [6 February 2024 18:34 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/custom-id-field-allow-prefix-to-be-blank/694656/1 "2024-02-06T18:34:18Z")

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The recently launched [custom ID field](https://forum.asana.com/t/introducing-id-custom-field/684025) is great, but having tried it out, it appears that the Prefix field cannot simply be left blank. 😕

Hoping this will be possible soon, as I am sure some users may want to generate a number sequence without a prefix at all! 🙏

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**Author:** ![anon28647924](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon28647924](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon28647924)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2024 21:19 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/custom-id-field-allow-prefix-to-be-blank/694656/2 "2024-02-15T21:19:07Z")

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We would Like to use the ID field but it requires a Prefix? We just need it to be a number (that was what we used previous, but since the number we use is really the person’s ID. Is there a plan/way to allow the field to not have a prefix?

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Schmitt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/alex_schmitt/32/258888_2.png) [@Alex\_Schmitt](https://forum.asana.com/u/Alex_Schmitt)\
**Post date:** [16 September 2024 22:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/custom-id-field-allow-prefix-to-be-blank/694656/3 "2024-09-16T22:26:22Z")

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Just checking in here, has anyone found a solution to this?

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Sather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/richard_sather/32/276096_2.png) [@Richard\_Sather](https://forum.asana.com/u/Richard_Sather)\
**Post date:** [17 September 2024 06:48 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/custom-id-field-allow-prefix-to-be-blank/694656/4 "2024-09-17T06:48:59Z")

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Hi @Alex_Schmitt , welcome to the forum 👋

Unfortunately no, but the Asana team will post any updates here, when/if this issue hopefully gets addressed!

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\
**Post date:** [17 September 2024 17:20 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/custom-id-field-allow-prefix-to-be-blank/694656/5 "2024-09-17T17:20:14Z")

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> [@Alex\_Schmitt](#):
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> has anyone found a solution to this?

FYI you can use the [Unique ID feature](https://support.flowsana.net/help/creating-unique-task-short-ids-and-short-links-1) in our [Flowsana](https://flowsana.net) integration - no prefix required. 😉