https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/entries-got-delted-after-field-was-modified Gravity Support Forums Topic: Entries got delted after field was modified en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:19:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/entries-got-delted-after-field-was-modified#post-55472 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:23 +0000 Big Fish Web Team 55472@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>thanks for the reply.<br /> we could, but that means keeping a CSV record as well as the form entry ids, ideally we would want a way to change the field type and keep everything centralized as we work w fairly large numbers of staff (clients, managers, devs)</p> <p>I've tried using the filters:<br /> gform_column_input (new in v. 1.6)<br /> and<br /> gform_field_input</p> <p>but they dont seem the trigger the email validation~</p> <p>I also tried changing the inputType and type values in the serialized rg_form_meta and was shocked when that did not work! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/entries-got-delted-after-field-was-modified#post-55471 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:51:22 +0000 Rob Harrell 55471@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You could always export the data to CSV and then change the field, or duplicate the form and then change the field and place the new form on your page. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/entries-got-delted-after-field-was-modified#post-55451 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 05:36:48 +0000 Big Fish Web Team 55451@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>+1 on this<br /> is there a way for change the input types within gravity forms UX? I to ohave noticed the form i created was using a standard text field, I am now wanting to use the GF email field but dont want to loose the emails I have already captured,,, is there anyway of doing this?</p> <p>best<br /> jeff </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/entries-got-delted-after-field-was-modified#post-53746 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:54:42 +0000 tandemic 53746@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I had a form up to collect email addresses, and I was using a text field instead of email. When I wanted to add another field in after couple of days, and change the email from text input to proper G-Form email input, all my entries was deleted.</p> <p>I know there's no way to recover this, but is it possible to stop this from happening in the future? </p>