Field homomorphisms and automorphisms

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I have the following proven theorem:

Let $L:K$ be a finite field extension and $\phi: K\xrightarrow{} L'$ a field homomorphism. Then there exist at most $[L:K]$ different field homomorphism $\widetilde{\phi}: L\xrightarrow{} L'$ with $\widetilde{\phi}\big|_{K}=\phi$.

Where $[L:K]$ denotes the dimension of $L$ over $K$.

Now my question is:

If I set $L=L'$ and $\phi =id$, the identity, will then $\widetilde{\phi}$ automatically become a field automorphism?

Thanks in advance!