# Question on object IDs and global uniqueness

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/question-on-object-ids-and-global-uniqueness/26247>\
**Category:** API & Developers\
**Created:** [16 July 2018 01:51 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/question-on-object-ids-and-global-uniqueness/26247 "2018-07-16T01:51:31Z")\
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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:** [16 July 2018 01:51 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/question-on-object-ids-and-global-uniqueness/26247/1 "2018-07-16T01:51:31Z")

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I’ve noticed that the WorkspaceID for the “Personal Projects” workspace seems to be the same ID (498346170860) for all users.

Are other object ID’s - Workspace or any other Asana object - also only “globally unique” for one particular user account, or is “Personal Projects” an exception and all other object ID’s will be globally unique across all users?

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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:** [16 July 2018 02:08 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/question-on-object-ids-and-global-uniqueness/26247/2 "2018-07-16T02:08:56Z")

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Aha…

I came across [this blog post](https://medium.com/asana-superheroes/stay-away-from-personal-projects-d720cf5542b9) by @Bastien_Siebman which states among other things:

`“Personal Projects“ is a big project all users share. However we only see the tasks that belong to us.`

which explains why the ID is the same for all users.

And I found this update at the top of [the Asana blog post](https://blog.asana.com/2012/06/introducing-personal-projects-easy-task-sharing-for-friends-and-family/) which introduced Personal Projects:

_`Update: Starting 11/01/2016, this feature will no longer be available for new Asana users. If you have this feature enabled on your Asana account, nothing will change.`_

So it looks like (a) Personal Projects are the exception in terms of IDs, and (b) they’ve been deprecated.

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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:** [16 July 2018 02:15 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/question-on-object-ids-and-global-uniqueness/26247/3 "2018-07-16T02:15:02Z")

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OK, and [there’s also this confirmation](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-do-i-completely-remove-a-team-member/730/9) from Kevin K at Asana in a post here on the forum:

`We’re actually in the process of deprecating Personal Projects`

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**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:** [16 July 2018 06:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/question-on-object-ids-and-global-uniqueness/26247/4 "2018-07-16T06:59:06Z")

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We are good Sherlock Holmes aren’t we? 🙂

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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:** [16 July 2018 15:36 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/question-on-object-ids-and-global-uniqueness/26247/5 "2018-07-16T15:36:13Z")

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Yup!

Thanks for that blog article - I think it was right on.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [30 May 2025 19:08 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/question-on-object-ids-and-global-uniqueness/26247/6 "2025-05-30T19:08:35Z")

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Closed on 30 May 2025 19:08 UTC