# Is there a way to turn off the autofollow feature when adding observation fields?

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-the-autofollow-feature-when-adding-observation-fields/72713>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question, observation-field, notifications\
**Created:** [November 15, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-the-autofollow-feature-when-adding-observation-fields/72713 "2025-11-15T04:26:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![jwidness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jwidness](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jwidness)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-turn-off-the-autofollow-feature-when-adding-observation-fields/72713/2 "2025-11-15T04:39:18Z")

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If you use the [universal metadata tool](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/announcing-the-universal-metadata-tool-beta/53182), you can prevent following observations when you add fields.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/6/2/62e3fc8d6edb7701c9fcd771be8324535b40024b.png)

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