Please add this feature! Old field labels are annoying
Removing a dropdown value might create some referenceing problems but inactive/Hide open should be available in system
This is so important for our end-user experience! When values for dropdown fields change over time, we want to avoid having users scroll through irrelevant options to find the one they need. When is this happening HubSpot?
We need this!! We register who the Sales Engineer is on each deal and obviously there is turnover. We don’t want the old SE to be an option but don’t want to lose the fact that they worked on specific deals while they were with us.
We really need the feature to hide an option from users.
+1 when doing some optimization of the CRM we often run into the issue of wanting to archive an option or create a “hidden” option on one of the dropdowns to store values that are no longer going to be used going forward but still need to be tracked/reported on historically. It’s a huge hindrance and data nightmare to try to create a workaround for this, which seems like it would be so necessary for so many companies doing the same thing.
I really need the feature to hide old options in a property. Our process requires us to add options to a property over time, so without the ability to hide options, users face significant difficulties in updating data and management. Additionally, if the new option is very similar to the old option, the issue of searching and selecting also poses risks for us. I hope HubSpot will soon support this feature.
Strongly agree! We have so many properties (or property values) which are no longer used or needed, but we still need to keep them for reporting and historical data. There should definitely be a way to hide a property or property values so that they are no longer visible to end users, but still available on the backend for workflows & reports. Without this, it’s impossible to keep a clean portal.
Absolutely, I agree! We have many property values that are no longer actively used, but we must keep them for reporting and historical purposes.
This would be a great addition!
Would really appreciate the option to disable/hide options for a Dropbox. That way we don’t lose data and prevent users from continuing to use an old option.
Any news about this?
The new form tool have own options for visible selections in the drop downs, but no function available for hiding selections in the in app forms. This is a big problem for us tagging deals with product areas when we have selections in the properties for inactive offers we no longer distribute but need for history and statistics.
+1 on behalf of customer! We need to see this functionality in HubSpot please!
YES WE NEED THIS
This is an absolute must have for an enterprise CRM. We need to retain the historical field values but deactivate from being selected by our users. Especially for Deal properties where data changes from year to year. I work primarily with nonprofits and not being able to change what Funds are available to assign donations to over time leads to incredibly messy dropdowns.
How can this still not be implemented. No changes to the underlying datamodelling. Solely a mark for the option not to be avaiable for CRM users from some date (hence to end-date it) and then implement that in the user interface to not show it.
This is basic stuff in any CRM system (or any business critical system, really).
Hello Community Members,
I’m Jeannie, and I’ve recently taken ownership of this product area.
I’m happy to share that this work is on our product roadmap for next year. During my early discovery calls, many of you highlighted the pain of outdated property options, so this has been top-of-mind as we plan ahead.
I’ll continue to share updates as we make progress next year, and I may reach out to book calls as we move into deeper research and validation.
For now, I hope this provides some added clarity and transparency. Thank you for your continued engagement and for helping shape the product.
Cheers,
Jeannie
This is something that I’m really struggling with, not being a feature. We need to be able to report on the historic data, but remove the property from being an option on any of the internal edits (by non-admins), and creating an additional property isn’t really a realistic solution (that is also quite time-consuming, would cause confusion in reporting, difficult to maintain/train everyone to do this every time, etc.).
One way to handle this in the interim is by using a controlling property with conditional options.
- Create a new property called “Show Old Values” with two options: YES and NO, and set the default value to NO. This property can serve as the controlling field for any other properties where you want to hide legacy values.
- Next, edit the property where you want to hide the legacy options. Enable Conditional Options and use “Show Old Values” as the controlling property.
- Set up the logic so that legacy options only appear when Show Old Values = YES. When it’s NO, only the current options will be visible to users (or vice versa, depending on your needs).
This approach allows you to keep historical values available when necessary, while ensuring users only see the active, current options by default
+1! It’s super annoying that I cannot hide legacy property options in an object’s timeline’s view (e.g. when I open a Deal, on the left sidebar I only want certain options for certain properties to show up)