# Work Email versus Private Email

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/work-email-versus-private-email/129029>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** best-practices, contacts, enterprise\
**Created:** [April 1, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/work-email-versus-private-email/129029 "2025-04-01T09:24:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ASobusiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@ASobusiak](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ASobusiak)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/work-email-versus-private-email/129029/1 "2025-04-01T09:24:25Z")

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Good day 👋  
Is there a way to check and limit the values ​​entered in a specific field in the Contact Creation Form?  
Specifically, the fields: **Work Email and Private Email**.

We would like to have the ability to systemically block the private address from being filled in the **Work Email** field.

We could theoretically do this by blocking phrases such as: _Gmail_, _Yahoo_, _Outlook_, etc. in the **Work Email** field. Does HubSpot offer such an option?

Thank you in advance for your answer!

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/work-email-versus-private-email/129029/2 "2025-04-01T09:33:01Z")

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Hi @ASobusiak,

Yes, if you have a Professional or Enterprise subscription, you can use a regular expression to block certain domains within the email field: [Use regular expressions to validate property values](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/properties/regex-validation-rules)

Best regards

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**Author:** ![LloydBlack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@LloydBlack](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LloydBlack)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/work-email-versus-private-email/129029/3 "2026-03-30T14:26:23Z")

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This works when there is only one option. But if the user can choose work or personal email in a radio button, how do we only apply the regex filter when the user chooses work email?

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**Author:** ![STierney](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/stierney/32/186066_2.png) [@STierney](https://community.hubspot.com/u/STierney)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/work-email-versus-private-email/129029/4 "2026-03-30T15:39:07Z")

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Hey @LloydBlack,  
Thanks for following up here.  
@karstenkoehler - any insight for this follow-up question?  
Shane, Senior Community Moderator