Important:
You can only delete fields that you or your team have created yourself. All fields created by seventhings are mandatory, so you cannot delete them.
If you don't want to show certain fields, you have the possibility to show or hide them in the detail view or to set the visibility in the app.
More about this in the field settings here.
How to delete fields:
Go to "Settings", "Field definition (objects)"
Click on the trash can icon next to the field that you wish to delete
Do you really wish to delete the field?
⚠️Before you delete a field, we check whether the field already has values in objects or rooms that would be lost if the field was deleted. Here are the following cases:
Case 1: The field has already been filled with data at an object or room
Indication whether field should really be deleted :
Case 2: The field is part of an object filter
Note, deletion possible, listing of affected filters appears.
Filters are also deleted:
Case 3: The field is part of a mapping in an import template
Note, deletion not possible, listing of affected templates:
Tip:
If you still wish to delete the field, you can simply remove the field from the mapping in the import template. To learn how to do this, take a look here.
Case 4: The field is part of a mapping in an export template
Note, deletion not possible, listing of affected templates:
Tip:
If you still wish to delete the field, you can simply remove the field from the mapping in the export template.