diff --git a/controllers/users.js b/controllers/users.js
index c6cb0375e..79e554223 100644
--- a/controllers/users.js
+++ b/controllers/users.js
@@ -678,8 +678,14 @@ const getUserImageForVerification = async (req, res) => {
 const updateUser = async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const { id: profileDiffId, message } = req.body;
-
-    const profileDiffData = await profileDiffsQuery.fetchProfileDiff(profileDiffId);
+    const devFeatureFlag = req.query.dev;
+    let profileDiffData;
+    if (devFeatureFlag === "true") {
+      profileDiffData = await profileDiffsQuery.fetchProfileDiffUnobfuscated(profileDiffId);
+    } else {
+      profileDiffData = await profileDiffsQuery.fetchProfileDiff(profileDiffId);
+    }
+    Object.freeze(profileDiffData);
     if (!profileDiffData) return res.boom.notFound("Profile Diff doesn't exist");
 
     const { approval, timestamp, userId, ...profileDiff } = profileDiffData;
diff --git a/models/profileDiffs.js b/models/profileDiffs.js
index 494e192c9..34b64e340 100644
--- a/models/profileDiffs.js
+++ b/models/profileDiffs.js
@@ -133,6 +133,30 @@ const fetchProfileDiff = async (profileDiffId) => {
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Fetches the unobfuscated profileDiff data of the provided profileDiff Id
+ * @param profileDiffId profileDiffId of the diffs need to be fetched
+ * @returns unobfuscated profileDiff Data
+ */
+const fetchProfileDiffUnobfuscated = async (profileDiffId) => {
+  try {
+    const profileDiff = await profileDiffsModel.doc(profileDiffId).get();
+
+    if (!profileDiff.exists) {
+      return { profileDiffExists: false };
+    }
+    const profileDiffData = profileDiff.data();
+    return {
+      id: profileDiff.id,
+      profileDiffExists: true,
+      ...profileDiffData,
+    };
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.error("Error retrieving Unobfuscated profile Diff", err);
+    throw err;
+  }
+};
+
 /** Add profileDiff
  *
  * @param profileDiffData { Object }: Data to be added
@@ -181,4 +205,5 @@ module.exports = {
   add,
   updateProfileDiff,
   fetchProfileDiffsWithPagination,
+  fetchProfileDiffUnobfuscated,
 };
diff --git a/models/users.js b/models/users.js
index a47575bed..ce840a354 100644
--- a/models/users.js
+++ b/models/users.js
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ const addOrUpdate = async (userData, userId = null) => {
       const isNewUser = !user.data();
       // user exists update user
       if (user.data()) {
+        // remove id field if exist in fetched data or profileDiff
+        if ("id" in userData) {
+          delete userData.id;
+        }
         await userModel.doc(userId).set(
           {
             ...user.data(),