Recovering Deleted Custom Fields and Restricting Deletion Permissions

[Jan-Rienk]

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@Felipe_Aguiar

I recently encountered an issue and I’m hoping someone here might help me resolve it. First, I accidentally deleted a custom field that contained important data. Is there a way to recover this custom field while retaining all the information that was previously in it?

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@Felipe_Aguiar

Secondly, to prevent this from happening again, is it possible to restrict the ability of company members to delete custom fields?

Yes you can. When you edit a custom field you can set access levels here: