https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-field-type-1 Gravity Support Forums Topic: Change field type? en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:18:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-field-type-1#post-12641 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:25:26 +0000 Alex Cancado 12641@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I would backup your database before trying this just in case.<br /> Then, you will need to do the following:<br /> 1- Export your existing form<br /> 2- Open the XML and change the field type to "email"<br /> 3- Import the form (it will create a new form)<br /> 4- Go into the database and update the ID of the new form to match the ID of the old form. (tables wp_rg_form and wp_rg_form_meta)<br /> Before you can do that, you will need to update the ID of the existing form to some other value or delete the existing form. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/change-field-type-1#post-12615 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:27:55 +0000 kevinmcgillivray 12615@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi, there. My client set up a form and used a single line text field for what should have been an email field. He's gathered a few days worth of data and now wants to set up notification. He can't though, since the field isn't actually an email field. I also don't want to delete the field and set up a new one because we'll lose the data already gathered.</p> <p>Is there a way to switch the field type to make it into an email field? I'm comfortable going to the database if that's the only way to solve the issue.</p> <p>Thanks!<br /> kcm </p>