# Cant unmake e field unrequired

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/cant-unmake-e-field-unrequired/80576>\
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**Created:** [March 7, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cant-unmake-e-field-unrequired/80576 "2025-03-07T21:18:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mateo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mateo/32/79814_2.png) [@Mateo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Mateo)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cant-unmake-e-field-unrequired/80576/1 "2025-03-07T21:18:07Z")

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Hello,

I am having issues with some fields, some are required some are not but im not able to manually make it required or not, is like glide is the one to decide.

Does anyone know why this happen and how to fix it ?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/1/f17cafe846475ff0d3645e1a048e391c80820aeb.jpeg)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/c/4/c4a40149938701ffc8570bcd16eb1f8825d09dbd.png)

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cant-unmake-e-field-unrequired/80576/2 "2025-03-08T00:07:49Z")

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That looks like a details view, not a form/edit view right?

It’s likely you copy them from a form view and the Required tag stays (it’s actually a neat workaround for some custom forms).

To remove them, just add a new entry component pointing to that column, and remove the “Required” one.

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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cant-unmake-e-field-unrequired/80576/3 "2025-03-08T00:20:11Z")

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If you want to create a native form, then do so by creating a form screen (Show Form Screen action) or a form container. With these forms, you can individually configure fields for them to be required or not.

If you are seeking to create a custom form and would like a consistent display of the “Required” tag, then as Thinh suggested, copy-paste the correct fields from the native form, because this is what you seem to be doing. I would avoid doing this though and would create new fields from scratch (without a copy-paste).

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cant-unmake-e-field-unrequired/80576/4 "2025-03-15T00:20:51Z")

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