adminnuu
(Admin Nuu)
August 7, 2018, 4:41pm
1
have tried and tried to delete a field from a collection.
I get the message: “This field is currently used by either a Dynamic List on the site or inside a Collection page template. To delete this field, you’ll need to remove any references to it first.”
I have gone through my website and removed ALL references but it still won’t let me delete it.
https://preview.webflow.com/preview/leading-second?preview=581bc4515e48b59cd60bd506f19a44a4
StuM
August 7, 2018, 5:08pm
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Hi @adminnuu
Post your read-only and we can take a look and see if we spot something that’s still bound:
Also @vincent has a useful checklist:
– Before being able to delete a collection, delete all bindings of purple elements in the Designer
– in the viewport: template page elements, and Collection Lists elements in static pages: all link settings must be turned to none
– in the Settings tab: elements can be bound to the Collection by a background image, a background color, a text color or a border color
vincent.polenordstudio.fr/snap/7j162.jpg
– in the Page settings: SEO, OG and RSS can be bound to the Collection fields
vincent.polenordstudio.fr/snap/ii716.jpg
– inside of every block of custom code (inside of a Collection List on static pages, or anywhere in a Template page)
vincent.polenordstudio.fr/snap/4r6wa.jpg
– How to browse all elements in the Navigator to spot purple ones? In the Navigator tab, select the Body element, keep Alt pressed while you press Arrow Down as many times as needed to browse all element. This will unfold the complete tree view of your site.
vincent.polenordstudio.fr/snap/0tir8.gif
– pay attention to the error message, they sometimes contain clues to where a binding is conflicting
– if you ever run into a case where you think all the bindings are deleted, but they are not, try to do a full version save of the site, by pressing cmd+shift+s in Mac or ctrl-shift-s in Windows. If that does not allow you to delete the collection element(s) then send an email to support@webflow.com .
adminnuu
(Admin Nuu)
August 7, 2018, 5:24pm
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StuM
August 7, 2018, 6:20pm
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Ok, which field in which collection is it you are looking to delete?
adminnuu
(Admin Nuu)
August 7, 2018, 7:44pm
5
Podcast and Soundcloud ID
StuM
August 7, 2018, 10:05pm
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Hi @adminnuu
Here’s some screenshots to help you unbind and then delete the field:
Untick mandatory:
Delete the data in the field in these 3 items:
Unbind this embed on your Podcasts Template page (purple)
Now try deleting the field in the Collection List settings:
Hopefully that works…
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