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title: "Why can't I delete a field from my registration form?"
categories: [registrations_faq]
updated: 2026-09-23
summary: Once a registration form is published, fields and options can be hidden but not deleted, so registrants' answers are kept.
---
## Fields on a live form can be hidden, not deleted

Once a registration form has been published, its fields and options can't be deleted. Deleting a field would also delete every answer people have already given in it, and your reports and receipts depend on those answers. You can hide the field instead, so new registrants never see it.

Before a form is published, you can delete any field: click it and choose **Delete this Field**.

## Hide a field

1.  On the **Edit Form** page, click the field and choose **Edit this Field**.
2.  Scroll to the **Visibility** options and choose **Only display to signed-in administrators**.
3.  Click **Save**.

The field disappears from the public form. Its existing answers stay in your reports.

## Hide one option in a field

To remove a single choice, such as a program that's now full or cancelled:

1.  Edit the field and click **Edit** beside the option.
2.  Click **Hide this Option**, then save.

See [Option Fields & Option Fee Fields](/kb/option-fields-option-fee-fields/) for more.

## Clean up for next season

Hidden fields are copied along with the rest of the form. When you copy this form for next season, delete the fields you don't need from the new copy before you publish it. The copy isn't published yet, so its fields can still be deleted.

## If a field won't go away

If a field you've hidden or deleted still shows up, refresh the page and check again with **Preview Public Form**. If it's still there, email [support@zone4.ca](mailto:support@zone4.ca) with the name of the registration and the field number.

See [Edit Registration Form Fields](/kb/2-edit-form/) for more on editing fields.