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Remove a drop-down option that records still use

3 min readFor adminsIn review

Someone removes “Call back scheduled” from the statuses, and fourteen enquiries still hold it.

SkedX asks where they go before anything changes — and nothing is ever deleted.

In review: written from the product, not yet walked through live.

1Remove the option

In Profile settings → Statuses, the Field Editor, or a field’s choices in Edit layout, click the bin beside the option, then Remove (1). If no record holds it, it goes at once.
Remove, beside the option (1)

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2Choose where the records go

SkedX says how many records carry the value (1) and offers three choices: Move them to another option (2) — the next option is picked for you, or + New option… names one; Keep the value, hide the option (3); and Record it first, then move (4), which writes the old value into Previous status before moving them.
How many records carry it (1), Move them (2), Keep the value (3), Record it first (4)

3Confirm with the button that says what happens

The button names the numbers and the place (1) — for example Move 14 to Contacted and remove. Cancel keeps everything as it was.
The button that says what will happen (1)

4Un-hide a kept option any time

A hidden option shows struck through with Un-hide (1) — in Profile settings → Statuses, in a field’s choices in Edit layout, and in the Field Editor. Un-hiding puts it back in the choices; the records never lost it.
A hidden option, struck through, with Un-hide (1)

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Common questions

Where did “Just remove” go?

It said records would show “Not set”, but they kept showing the old word. Its honest form is Keep the value, hide the option.

Is anything deleted?

No. Records are moved, or keep their value; the old value can be written into Previous status first.

Who did it, and when?

Every removal is written down: in Earlier layouts (who, when, how many, where they went) and on each moved enquiry’s activity.

Do saved views that filter on it break?

The question names the saved views that filter on the option, so you can look at them. A hidden option keeps working in filters.

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