diff --git a/src/pages/api/users/update.ts b/src/pages/api/users/update.ts
index 681cca55..9ba975f2 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/users/update.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/users/update.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
 
 	let user = await db.collection("users").findOne<User>({id: queryId ? (queryId as string) : req.session.user.id});
 	const updatedUser = req.body as User & {password?: string; newPassword?: string};
+	delete (updatedUser as any)._id
 
 	if (!!queryId) {
 		await db.collection("users").updateOne({id: queryId}, {$set: updatedUser});