Disable Participant Category Change

Overview

Organisers can now fully prevent participant category changes in the Admin panel. Previously, when an admin attempted to change a participant's category, a warning was shown but the change was still allowed. With this update, a new setting gives organisers the option to hard-lock the participant category field so it cannot be edited at all.

This is particularly useful when participant data is imported from an external system (for example, when participants have been uploaded via a third-party registration or integration) and the organiser wants to guarantee that the assigned categories are preserved exactly as they came in.

How to use it

1. Navigate to Registration > Settings in the Admin panel.

2. Locate the new toggle labelled "Disable category change". The tooltip reads: "Disallows Participant category change in Admin panel."

3. By default this toggle is off — admins can still change participant categories as before (with the existing warning).

4. Switch the toggle on to lock down category editing across all participants. When enabled:

   • The participant category field on every participant's profile in the Admin panel becomes read-only.

   • No admin user can update the participant category for any user while this setting is on.

5. Switch the toggle back off at any time to restore the previous behaviour.