Delete a custom field or widget from the system
To improve system performance and to make forms easier to use for users, you might want to remove custom fields and widgets from your system when they are no longer being used.
Access requirements
You must have the following to perform the steps in this article:
For more detail about the information in this table, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.
Delete a custom field or widget from the system
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Click the Main Menu icon
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Click Custom Forms.
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Click Fields to open the Fields area.
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Select the custom field or widget, then click Delete.
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If you are sure you want to permanently delete the item and (in the case of a custom field) all associated data on objects where it was attached, click Yes, Delete It.
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Determine which custom fields you want to remove from the original custom form, but do not remove them at this point.
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Create a new custom form:
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Add the custom fields to the new form that you want to remove from the original custom form.
For information, see the section Add new or existing fields to your custom form in Design a form with the form designer.
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Save the new custom form.
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Limit access to the custom form to only users with administrative access, as described in Share a custom form.
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Apply the new custom form to the objects where the original custom form is already applied, as described in Add a custom form to an object.
Applying the new custom form to these objects ensures that historical reporting data is not affected.
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Modify the original custom form and remove the custom fields that you added to the new form (in Step 2).
The fields that you removed from the original custom form are now available only on the new custom form that you created. Users are able to see the custom form on the object, but users without administrative access are not able to modify the custom form.