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Field type overview

After a field has been created, you can customize the field (column) type and access additional options from the field's dropdown menu. Learn about the various options for customizing fields in this article. Introduction Plan availability ...
Updated on : 02 Dec 2022

Adding a field

To add a field (column) to your table, simply scroll as far right as you can on your table, then click the large + button. Note that we only support manually adding one field at a time. You can also add a new field by clicking on a field heade...
Updated on : 06 Jul 2022

Supported field types in Airtable overview

All currently available field types are listed below in alphabetical order. You can check out our API documentation if you'd like more information on the data available for each field type. Field type name Data type Description ...
Updated on : 22 Nov 2022

The primary field

The primary field is akin to the concept of a primary key in relational databases. In Airtable, the primary field is most often a text type field. However, it can also support many other field types including, but not limited to, date, number, auton...
Updated on : 24 Aug 2022

Hiding fields and field visibility overview

One of the core features of views is the ability to hide specified fields (columns, in grid views). When a field is hidden, it is not deleted and none of the values in that field are affected—it's just hidden from the particular view you're using ...
Updated on : 24 Aug 2022

Field Manager and field dependencies

The field manager is Airtable's new surface focusing on table configuration — giving Pro and Enterprise users more control over permissions and settings for things like schema fields and field configurations . Use cases for field manager and dep...
Updated on : 09 Jan 2023

Searching for fields

In bases with many fields, it may become tedious to scroll in order to find the particular field that you are wanting to look at or edit. In these cases, within a grid view, it's possible to search for a particular field by name. At this time, other...
Updated on : 30 Aug 2022

Updating multiple fields with bulk field actions

Bulk field actions allows you to make changes to multiple fields at the same time. How to select multiple fields To select multiple fields, start by clicking on one of the field names for a field you want to use. Then, while holding down the CMD ...
Updated on : 12 Jan 2023

How can I change the primary field in my table?

The primary field serves as the unique identifier for each record and cannot be deleted, however you can easily replace the data in that field by changing the field type or copying over data from another field. We do not currentl...
Updated on : 20 Jan 2023

Changing the number of frozen fields (columns)

When viewing a grid view, you can freeze - or lock - a field in order to always keep it in view when you're scrolling through a table horizontally. Note that you can only freeze a total of three fields. How to freeze fields To freeze fields, sta...
Updated on : 06 Jul 2022