---
title: pingcli pingone users replace
description: Update a user
component: pingcli
version: 1.5
page_id: pingcli:command_reference:pingcli_pingone_users_replace
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revdate: August 7, 2026
section_ids:
  synopsis: Synopsis
  examples: Examples
  options: Options
  options-inherited-from-parent-commands: Options inherited from parent commands
  more-information: More information
---

# pingcli pingone users replace

Update a user

## Synopsis

Update (replace) a user in a PingOne environment

```
pingcli pingone users replace [flags]
```

## Examples

```
  # Replace a user from a JSON file
  pingcli pingone users replace --environment-id <env-id> --user-id <user-id> --from-file user.json

  # Replace a user from stdin
  pingcli pingone users replace --environment-id <env-id> --user-id <user-id> --from-file - < user.json

  # Replace a user from a JSON file, overriding fields with flags
  pingcli pingone users replace --environment-id <env-id> --user-id <user-id> --from-file user.json --nickname "Jamie" --population-id <pop-id>
```

## Options

```
  -e, --environment-id string       The PingOne environment ID
  -h, --help                        help for replace
  -f, --from-file string            Path to a JSON file containing the request body, or "-" to read from stdin.
  -u, --user-id string              The user ID
      --email string                The email address of the user
      --locale string               The locale tag for the user
      --mobile-phone string         The mobile phone number for the user
      --nickname string             The nickname for the user
      --population-id string        ID of the population to place the user in
      --preferred-language string   The preferred language for the user
      --primary-phone string        The primary phone number for the user
      --timezone string             The timezone for the user
      --title string                The title or honorific for the user
      --type string                 The user type classification
      --username string             The username for the user account
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -C, --config string           The relative or full path to a custom Ping CLI configuration file. (default $HOME/.pingcli/config.yaml)
  -D, --detailed-exitcode       Enable detailed exit code output. (default false) 0 - pingcli command succeeded with no errors or warnings. 1 - pingcli command failed with errors. 2 - pingcli command succeeded with warnings.
  -O, --output-format string    Specify the console output format. (default text) Options are: json, ndjson, ndjson-typed, ndjson-wrapped, text.
  -P, --profile string          The name of a configuration profile to use.
      --debug                   Enable debug output for error messages, including stack traces and transaction IDs. (default false)
      --log-file string         Write logs to a file at the given path. File logging is disabled when not set.
      --log-file-level string   Set the file log level. Options are: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR. (default DEBUG)
      --log-level string        Set the console log level. Options are: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR. (default WARN)
      --no-color                Disable text output in color. (default false)
      --query string            JMESPath expression to filter JSON output. Requires -O json, ndjson, ndjson-typed, or ndjson-wrapped. Example: --query 'data[?enabled].name'
```

## More information

* [pingcli pingone users](pingcli_pingone_users.html) - Users