The primary field in Airtable

The primary field is always the first column, or field, in any table. It represents a description of each record in the table and cannot be deleted, moved, or hidden. 

Reviewing and editing primary fields

To review and edit a primary field:

1. Open your Airtable home screen.

2. Open your desired base.

3. Click the primary field's field header.

4. Select Edit field and click Save.

Changing primary fields 

To change a primary field for a table:

1. Open your Airtable home screen.

2. Open your desired base.

3. Click the primary field's field header.

4. Click Change primary field.

5. Click the dropdown arrow under "Primary field" and select your desired primary field.

6. Click Change primary field.

Note

When changes to a primary field are made this way, the changes will not appear in enterprise audit logs.

Duplicating information in primary fields 

Note

If you plan on editing the field type but still need what's currently stored there, we recommend creating a new field to host that information.

To create a new field storing your current primary field's information:

1. Open your Airtable home screen.

2. Open the base hosting the primary field you want to duplicate.

3. Click the primary field's field header.

4. Select Duplicate field.

   1. Allowing you to duplicate the name, cells, or both.

Supported field types in the primary field 

Airtable currently supports customizing primary fields as the following field types:

• Single line text

• Long text

• Date

• Phone number

• Email

• URL

• Number

• Currency

• Percent

• Duration

• Formula

• Autonumber

• Barcode

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