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Add a link about filtering internal users from docs (#3077)
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We've had a few questions about how to filter internal users, as it isn't in the documentation. But we _do_ have a tutorial on this!
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corywatilo authored Mar 3, 2022
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From now on, all events PostHog sees with ID `17b845b08de74-033c497ed2753c-35667c03-1fa400-17b845b08dfd55` will be attributed to the person with ID `my_user_12345`. This person now has 2 distinct IDs, and either of them can be used to reference the same person.

# Considerations
## Considerations

Identifying users is a powerful feature, but it also has the potential to create problems if misused.

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- We refuse to merge users if both IDs exist
- The user with the disallowed ID will have an $identify event

## Filtering internal users








If you want to avoid tracking users within your organization, [you can do this](/tutorials/filter-internal-users) within your project's settings.

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