# Google Analytics. Tracking Code and User ID are different. Help?

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**Created:** [11 January 2016 21:13 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/google-analytics-tracking-code-and-user-id-are-different-help/9879 "2016-01-11T21:13:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![VickiCockcroftJewellery](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/vickicockcroftjewellery/32/10984_2.png) [@VickiCockcroftJewellery](https://talk.folksy.com/u/VickiCockcroftJewellery)\
**Post date:** [11 January 2016 21:13 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/google-analytics-tracking-code-and-user-id-are-different-help/9879/1 "2016-01-11T21:13:16Z")

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Just restarting on Folksy and am trying to set up Google Analytics again. No results have come through yet, so I’ve had a trawl round and find that my Tracking Code and User ID are different numbers. Can anyone advise me whether they should be the same? And, if so, how I change the User ID? Oh dear, I hated Google Analytics last time round till I got it set up properly. Then I loved it. Would be most grateful for help/advice on this.

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**Author:** ![JollySmall](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/jollysmall/32/11216_2.png) [@JollySmall](https://talk.folksy.com/u/JollySmall)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2016 20:40 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/google-analytics-tracking-code-and-user-id-are-different-help/9879/2 "2016-01-21T20:40:12Z")

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Hi Vicki - just wondering if you managed to get this sorted since you posted it 10 days ago? Sorry I have only just seen it  
I’ve just checked my numbers - they are the same but the UA number has -1 after it (no spaces) - don’t know if this helps at all and I’m not sure how you would go about altering either one  
Di