# Protected columns are out?

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/protected-columns-are-out/64176
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [July 20, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/protected-columns-are-out/64176 "2023-07-20T15:25:32Z")
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### Author: ![Ovi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@Ovi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ovi)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/protected-columns-are-out/64176/1 "2023-07-20T15:25:32Z")

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Hi guys,

I know we had protected columns … is the functionality out ?

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### Author: ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/protected-columns-are-out/64176/2 "2023-07-20T15:30:02Z")

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Out?

Protected Columns are still a thing.

Although, I see that the documentation link is broken. I’ll follow up on that.

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### Author: ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/protected-columns-are-out/64176/3 "2023-07-20T15:32:41Z")

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Protected Columns only apply to external data sources, such as google sheets. It wouldn’t make sense to add a column to a glide table, and then mark it as protected, rendering it useless. Whereas, with an external data source, you may have extra sensitive data that doesn’t need to be seen or used by Glide.

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### Author: ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/protected-columns-are-out/64176/4 "2023-07-20T16:00:22Z")

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The document link has been fixed.

> **[Glide • Protected Columns](https://www.glideapps.com/docs/reference/security-and-user-data/protected-columns)**
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> Keep unused columns in your data source secure.