{"id":1244,"date":"2020-09-20T16:07:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T16:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/20\/show-prefix-field-in-magento-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:50:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:20:58","slug":"show-prefix-field-in-magento-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/show-prefix-field-in-magento-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Show Prefix Field in Magento 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The formal societal arrangement includes addressing a person with a prefix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prefix with the name shows the marital status of women as well. In an English language, Mr., Miss., and Mrs. are generally used as a prefix for men and women respectively. You can also Show Suffix Field in Magento 2 to show the generational designation such as \u201cJr.\u201d and \u201cSr.\u201d also the number of generation uses suffixes like \u201cI\u201d,\u201d II\u201d, \u201cIII\u201d, and so on, that indicates the first generation, the second generation and the third generation respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magento 2 identifies the widespread use of prefixes and hence allows the admin to enable or disable prefix in customer account in Magento 2 store. Like you enable or disable Prefix from backend admin panel you also need to ensure compliance with tax laws and facilitate smooth transactions, as it is recommended to show Tax\/VAT Number in Registration Form<\/a>. The admin can also configure customer registration page from the backend admin panel. In which you can also Enable Middle Name in Registration Form in Magento 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post shows the method to include or remove prefix field in the registration form, checkout and when adding new address from \u201cMy Account\u201d section in Magento 2 store. Likewise you can also add date of birth in registration form<\/a> as an customer attribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a store owner, if you decide to get the prefix data while registration, you can use the same while sending emails or addressing the customers while any type of communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OL8azHzcf-gHowever, if you consider it as an unnecessary field that slows down the registration or checkout process, you can opt to remove the prefix field from checkout in Magento 2 as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enable or disable the prefix field in Magento 2 as it suits your business using the method below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steps to Show Prefix Field in Magento 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Login<\/strong> to Magento 2 admin panel<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Navigate to Stores > Settings > Customers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Under Customer<\/strong>, select Customer Configuration<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Expand Name and Address Options<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Set Required in the field \u201cShow Prefix\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Enter the Prefix Dropdown Options<\/strong> that you want to appear in the list using a semicolon separator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Save<\/strong> the configuration<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You can also refer to the video tutorial to Show Prefix Field in Magento 2 from our Magento 2 video tutorial<\/a> series:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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