How not to get selected data

Hi, I have my code below I would like to be able to use 'users.*' to be able to get the users data how ever is there a way in select not to get the password but gets the all of other data.

Currently it gets all users data include password. I don't want it do get password.

PHP Code:

public function get_user($column = '', $id = '')
{
    $this->db->select('users.*, user_groups.*');
    $this->db->from($this->db->dbprefix . 'users', 'LEFT');
    $this->db->join('user_groups', 'user_groups.user_group_id = users.user_group_id', 'LEFT');
    $this->db->where("users.user_id", $id);
    $user_query = $this->db->get();

    return $user_query->row_array();
        
} 


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