# Defaulting to subscriber lifecycle

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/defaulting-to-subscriber-lifecycle/45180>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** properties\
**Created:** [October 11, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/defaulting-to-subscriber-lifecycle/45180 "2021-10-11T23:40:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![NDudash](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/ndudash/32/29368_2.png) [@NDudash](https://community.hubspot.com/u/NDudash)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/defaulting-to-subscriber-lifecycle/45180/1 "2021-10-11T23:40:18Z")

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I wonder if everyone else is as frustrated as I am that I cannot override the default to SUBSCRIBER lifecycle stage? Considering the majority of entries into HubSpot are leads, why on earth would they pick such a crazy default? IMO it should default to LEAD. But maybe that it just me.

Thanks for any of your feedback

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**Author:** ![RAddison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@RAddison](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RAddison)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/defaulting-to-subscriber-lifecycle/45180/2 "2022-03-03T18:00:08Z")

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Yes - definitely need this. I can’t create a workflow to empty the lifecycle stage, because if someone actually uploads and wants subscriber lifecycle then it would delete. Also seems like a simple enough need that creating a workaround with a workflow shouldn’t be necessary.