# Missing read only feature for custom properties inside HubSpot

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/missing-read-only-feature-for-custom-properties-inside-hubspot/18600>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** how-to\
**Created:** [February 6, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/missing-read-only-feature-for-custom-properties-inside-hubspot/18600 "2020-02-06T10:10:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hkampen](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/hkampen/32/44643_2.png) [@hkampen](https://community.hubspot.com/u/hkampen)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/missing-read-only-feature-for-custom-properties-inside-hubspot/18600/1 "2020-02-06T10:10:56Z")

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Hi,

is there any way, e.g. for a deal entity, to set form properties to read only or any workaround to handle that missing feature?

When we fill propeties by a workflow, no one (maybe exept admins) should be able to edit this field.

Regards

Harald

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**Author:** ![Bryantworks](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/bryantworks/32/94963_2.png) [@Bryantworks](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Bryantworks)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/missing-read-only-feature-for-custom-properties-inside-hubspot/18600/2 "2020-02-06T15:55:52Z")

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Hey @hkampen,

Unfortunately, this isn’t possible, only permissions around the edit of properties as a bulk option is (ex: all or nothing). Looks like someone already has an [idea](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Make-Fields-Read-Only/idi-p/13838) about it!

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**Author:** ![JAita](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jaita/32/58551_2.png) [@JAita](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JAita)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/missing-read-only-feature-for-custom-properties-inside-hubspot/18600/3 "2021-05-13T00:43:45Z")

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I’m trying to do the same thing with an integration with Mailchimp. I have a linkage (via two-way contact sync in PieSync [aka hubspot operations]) to what Segment a contact is in Mailchimp, (they call these “tags”), which I have created a custom property in hubspot for (called “Tags”) - I want to see the tags in Hubspot, but I don’t want people to mess with them. Looks like I can’t do that for now. I just want to make that property read-only.