# Need a way to Auto-Delete Cell Data after a timed period or let it expire

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-a-way-to-auto-delete-cell-data-after-a-timed-period-or-let-it-expire/60980
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**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-a-way-to-auto-delete-cell-data-after-a-timed-period-or-let-it-expire/60980 "2023-04-25T21:16:06Z")
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### Author: ![Igal\_Y](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/igal_y/32/56424_2.png) [@Igal\_Y](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Igal_Y)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-a-way-to-auto-delete-cell-data-after-a-timed-period-or-let-it-expire/60980/1 "2023-04-25T21:16:06Z")

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Is it possible to set up a timed countdown in a way that data entered into a specific cell will be automatically expired or deleted once the countdown reaches a certain time limit, such as 30 seconds?

I just want Cell data deleted and not the row or column. This is for a custom form and one of my goals is to have the form time-out and reset if the user doesn’t submit all the completed text boxes within 30 seconds.

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### Author: ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-a-way-to-auto-delete-cell-data-after-a-timed-period-or-let-it-expire/60980/2 "2023-04-25T21:42:26Z")

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You can set the time before opening the form… and after submit action… clear value if the time is greater than the set time plus timeout value

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### Author: ![Igal\_Y](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/igal_y/32/56424_2.png) [@Igal\_Y](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Igal_Y)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-a-way-to-auto-delete-cell-data-after-a-timed-period-or-let-it-expire/60980/3 "2023-04-26T17:29:54Z")

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> [@Uzo](#):
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> "if the time "

Uzo thanks for responding. How do you check the current time against the maximum allowable time when there’s no such conditional check in the action dialogs. Is there a way to create a “current time” column that continuously updates ? Haven’t seen that ability.

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### Author: ![Uzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/uzo/32/22639_2.png) [@Uzo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Uzo)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-a-way-to-auto-delete-cell-data-after-a-timed-period-or-let-it-expire/60980/4 "2023-04-26T18:02:40Z")

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Yes, use the math column. Enter the word now… and replace it with Now value… it will update every 10 seconds.

 ![Screen Shot 2023-04-26 at 2.01.25 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/d/a/da9bb599488a75632b9f21a09568ab2ba2b5e130.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Igal\_Y](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/igal_y/32/56424_2.png) [@Igal\_Y](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Igal_Y)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-a-way-to-auto-delete-cell-data-after-a-timed-period-or-let-it-expire/60980/5 "2023-04-26T18:09:57Z")

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![uzo glide](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/f/0fee6ac4454d0679f4c4d01e4dd45942d7e0d362.jpeg)

Thanks ! Also I just discovered a condition configuration in the action dialog

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### Author: ![IT\_Coburn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/it_coburn/32/58899_2.png) [@IT\_Coburn](https://community.glideapps.com/u/IT_Coburn)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-a-way-to-auto-delete-cell-data-after-a-timed-period-or-let-it-expire/60980/6 "2023-07-11T23:07:46Z")

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Could you share what your math condition is for the Page Time Out?

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### Author: ![Igal\_Y](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/igal_y/32/56424_2.png) [@Igal\_Y](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Igal_Y)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/need-a-way-to-auto-delete-cell-data-after-a-timed-period-or-let-it-expire/60980/7 "2023-07-11T23:15:09Z")

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See above, I was referring to the red circled condition in my screen shot: “page time out is before now”