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title: "Prevent a Field From Saving in the Database - Convert Forms"
description: "Convert Forms does not support preventing a specific field from saving in the database. However, you can remove the field value from the database afte"
url: "https://www.tassos.gr/docs/convert-forms/security/prevent-a-from-saving-in-database"
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#  Prevent a Field From Saving in the Database

Convert Forms does not support preventing a specific field from saving in the database. However, you can remove the field value from the database after the submission.

## [Setup](#setup)

To remove a field value from the database, place the following code into the [PHP Scripts -> After Form Submission](https://www.tassos.gr/joomla-extensions/convert-forms/docs/php-scripts#form_process) option in the form builder.

 ```
\ConvertForms\Api::updateSubmissionField($submission->id, 'FIELD_NAME_HERE');
```

Replace **FIELD\_NAME\_HERE** with the name of the field you would like to remove from the database

 Last updated on Aug 29th 2025 09:08

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