# Ability to change text type in multi combined col **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [March 14, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ability-to-change-text-type-in-multi-combined-col/24253 "2021-03-14T16:26:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abe.sherman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/abe.sherman/32/11260_2.png) [@abe.sherman](https://community.glideapps.com/u/abe.sherman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ability-to-change-text-type-in-multi-combined-col/24253/1 "2021-03-14T16:26:27Z")
Hi i have a email address list mail. from col 1-6 When i have my starting email as a Phone number EG: [1234567890@somthing.com](mailto:1234567890@somthing.com) It recognize it as a number col. Issue is the filter i create keeps changing. Depending if i have Text @somthing.com and [number@text.com](mailto:number@text.com). Can we please add a force type to be able to change here for all combined col ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/7/1/71b9cee0d07327e1c17434ddcc563d7f72253476.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/4/b/4b7b4ea65eaf36878f8f7570510312d0b1a9ee43.png)