Deleting a Field
The following section describes how to delete a field from a Form.
You can delete a field from a Form.
By deleting a field ALL information related to this field will be deleted too.
ATTENTION!
Once you delete a field, the field and all information associated to it is permanently deleted from the Database!
You can edit a field instead of deleting it. Alternatively, Hiding a field from data entry will allow you to 'remove' a field from data entry without loosing any data entered previously.
How to delete a field
- On the Database settings page of your Database, click on your Form to select it.
- If the Form is in a Folder click the arrow next to the Folder's name to expand it in order to find the Form and click on the Form.
- Click on "Edit form" on the Resource side panel to navigate to the Form Design page.
- In the Form Design page, find the field and click on it to open the card editor.
- Click on "Delete field" to delete the field and click on "Save" to save the change.
Once you delete a field, the field and all information associated to it is permanently deleted from the Database!
- If the field belongs to a Subform, in the Form Design page click on the Subform to open the card editor and click on "Open subform" to open it and find the field.