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title: "Updating Multiple Fields with Bulk Field Actions | Airtable Support"
slug: "updating-multiple-fields-with-bulk-field-actions"
description: "Learn how to use bulk field actions so that you can make changes (including field permissions, grouping, filtering, hiding, and deleting) to multiple fields at the same time."
updated: 2025-12-01T17:19:09Z
published: 2025-12-01T17:19:09Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Updating multiple fields with bulk field actions

| **Plan availability** | All plan types |
| --- | --- |
| **Permissions** | - **Owner** /**Creator** - Have access to all field configuration options. Additionally everything editors, commenters, or read-only users can do. - **Editor** - Can sort by, filter by, group by, or hide the field within a view. - **Commenter** / **Read-only** - Copy a field's URL |
| **Platform(s)** | Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app |

> [!CAUTION]
> Note
> 
> You can alternatively perform many of the same bulk field actions from [the field manager](/v1/docs/field-manager-and-field-dependencies).

## Selecting multiple fields

Bulk field actions allow you to make changes to multiple fields at the same time. To select multiple fields:

1. Visit your [Airtable home screen](https://airtable.com/).
2. Open your desired base → table → view.
3. Click the name of the field you want to start with.
4. Press and hold **Shift** and **➔**(arrow key).
  1. Release on the field you want to end on.
5. Click any field header’s dropdown arrow to see a menu of bulk update options.

![bulk field menu options](https://cdn.airtable.document360.io/d0ee2ee4-3f78-47c7-b388-85e40be9fb89/Images/Documentation/fields_bulk_action_menu_2025.png)

## Editing permissions for multiple fields

To edit permissions for multiple fields:

1. Visit your [Airtable home screen](https://airtable.com/).
2. Open your desired base → table → view.
3. Click the name of the field you want to start with.
4. Press and hold **Shift** and **➔**(arrow key).
  1. Release on the field you want to end on.
5. Click any field header’s dropdown arrow to see a menu of bulk update options.
6. Click **Edit X field permissions**.
  1. This action opens a settings window allowing users to adjust permissions for the selected fields.

> [!CAUTION]
> NOTE
> 
> If permissions are set to anything other than **Editors and up**, then you can optionally toggle on/off the ability to update forms through [Airtable forms](/docs/getting-started-with-airtable-form-views) (“Allow this field to be set in records created through forms”) or [automations](/docs/getting-started-with-airtable-automations) (“Allow this field to be modified by automations”).

## Deleting multiple fields

1. Visit your [Airtable home screen](https://airtable.com/).
2. Open your desired base → table → view.
3. Click the name of the field you want to start with.
4. Press and hold **Shift** and **➔**(arrow key).
  1. Release on the field you want to end on.
5. Click any field header’s dropdown arrow to see a menu of bulk update options.
6. Click **Delete X fields**.

## Grouping multiple fields

To group multiple fields:

1. Visit your [Airtable home screen](https://airtable.com/).
2. Open your desired base → table → view.
3. Click the name of the field you want to start with.
4. Press and hold **Shift** and **➔**(arrow key).
  1. Release on the field you want to end on.
5. Click any field header to see a complete list of permission options.
6. Select **Group by fields**.
  1. This action will automatically group the grid view by the selected fields in the order they appear in your current view—learn more in our [Grouping records in Airtable article](/v1/docs/grouping-records-in-airtable).

## Filtering multiple fields

To filter multiple fields:

1. Visit your [Airtable home screen](https://airtable.com/).
2. Open your desired base → table → view.
3. Click the name of the field you want to start with.
4. Press and hold **Shift** and **➔**(arrow key).
  1. Release on the field you want to end on.
5. Click any field header to see a complete list of permission options.
6. Select **Filter by these fields**.
  1. This will automatically create [filter conditions](/v1/docs/filtering-records-using-conditions) based on those fields which you can adjust as needed.

## Hiding multiple fields

To hide multiple fields:

1. Visit your [Airtable home screen](https://airtable.com/).
2. Open your desired base → table → view.
3. Click the name of the field you want to start with.
4. Press and hold **Shift** and **➔**(arrow key).
  1. Release on the field you want to end on.
5. Click any field header to see a complete list of permission options.
6. Select **Hide fields**.
  1. Once you've selected this option, you can adjust which fields are hidden by clicking **hidden fields** from your menu bar.

## Moving multiple fields

To move multiple fields:

1. Visit your [Airtable home screen](https://airtable.com/).
2. Open your desired base → table → view.
3. Click the name of the field you want to start with.
4. Press and hold **Shift** and **➔**(arrow key).
  1. Release on the field you want to end on.
5. Click and drag the selected fields to move them before or after other fields in your view.

## FAQs

**How many fields can bulk actions be applied to simultaneously?**

- Bulk actions allow you to filter up to 50 fields within a single table.
- Bulk actions allow you to group up to 3 fields within a table.
- There are no limits on how many fields you can perform actions like updating field permissions, moving fields, or hiding fields.

**How do I update multiple records with the same information simultaneously?**

To learn how to update multiple records simultaneously, check out our [fill handle article](/docs/quickly-filling-cells-using-fill-handle).