diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/users.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/users.ts
index ef76af390d..4c1c9ad464 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/users.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/users.ts
@@ -10,14 +10,35 @@ import { BulkDocsResponse, User } from "@budibase/types"
 import { getGlobalDB } from "./context"
 import * as context from "./context"
 
-export const bulkGetGlobalUsersById = async (userIds: string[]) => {
+type GetOpts = { cleanup?: boolean }
+
+function cleanupUsers(users: User | User[]) {
+  if (Array.isArray(users)) {
+    return users.map(user => {
+      delete user.password
+      return user
+    })
+  } else {
+    delete users.password
+    return users
+  }
+}
+
+export const bulkGetGlobalUsersById = async (
+  userIds: string[],
+  opts?: GetOpts
+) => {
   const db = getGlobalDB()
-  return (
+  let users = (
     await db.allDocs({
       keys: userIds,
       include_docs: true,
     })
   ).rows.map(row => row.doc) as User[]
+  if (opts?.cleanup) {
+    users = cleanupUsers(users) as User[]
+  }
+  return users
 }
 
 export const bulkUpdateGlobalUsers = async (users: User[]) => {
@@ -25,9 +46,13 @@ export const bulkUpdateGlobalUsers = async (users: User[]) => {
   return (await db.bulkDocs(users)) as BulkDocsResponse
 }
 
-export async function getById(id: string): Promise<User> {
+export async function getById(id: string, opts?: GetOpts): Promise<User> {
   const db = context.getGlobalDB()
-  return db.get(id)
+  let user = await db.get(id)
+  if (opts?.cleanup) {
+    user = cleanupUsers(user)
+  }
+  return user
 }
 
 /**
@@ -36,7 +61,8 @@ export async function getById(id: string): Promise<User> {
  * @param {string} email the email to lookup the user by.
  */
 export const getGlobalUserByEmail = async (
-  email: String
+  email: String,
+  opts?: GetOpts
 ): Promise<User | undefined> => {
   if (email == null) {
     throw "Must supply an email address to view"
@@ -52,10 +78,19 @@ export const getGlobalUserByEmail = async (
     throw new Error(`Multiple users found with email address: ${email}`)
   }
 
-  return response
+  let user = response as User
+  if (opts?.cleanup) {
+    user = cleanupUsers(user) as User
+  }
+
+  return user
 }
 
-export const searchGlobalUsersByApp = async (appId: any, opts: any) => {
+export const searchGlobalUsersByApp = async (
+  appId: any,
+  opts: any,
+  getOpts?: GetOpts
+) => {
   if (typeof appId !== "string") {
     throw new Error("Must provide a string based app ID")
   }
@@ -67,7 +102,11 @@ export const searchGlobalUsersByApp = async (appId: any, opts: any) => {
   if (!response) {
     response = []
   }
-  return Array.isArray(response) ? response : [response]
+  let users: User[] = Array.isArray(response) ? response : [response]
+  if (getOpts?.cleanup) {
+    users = cleanupUsers(users) as User[]
+  }
+  return users
 }
 
 export const getGlobalUserByAppPage = (appId: string, user: User) => {
@@ -80,7 +119,11 @@ export const getGlobalUserByAppPage = (appId: string, user: User) => {
 /**
  * Performs a starts with search on the global email view.
  */
-export const searchGlobalUsersByEmail = async (email: string, opts: any) => {
+export const searchGlobalUsersByEmail = async (
+  email: string,
+  opts: any,
+  getOpts?: GetOpts
+) => {
   if (typeof email !== "string") {
     throw new Error("Must provide a string to search by")
   }
@@ -95,5 +138,9 @@ export const searchGlobalUsersByEmail = async (email: string, opts: any) => {
   if (!response) {
     response = []
   }
-  return Array.isArray(response) ? response : [response]
+  let users: User[] = Array.isArray(response) ? response : [response]
+  if (getOpts?.cleanup) {
+    users = cleanupUsers(users) as User[]
+  }
+  return users
 }