Title: Exclude Certain Form Fields?
Last modified: May 25, 2017

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# Exclude Certain Form Fields?

 *  Resolved [bhmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bhmedia/)
 * (@bhmedia)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-certain-form-fields/)
 * We have form data that we’d like to save as a backup after a recent email issue.
   However, the form contains a few sensitive fields that I’d rather not store on
   the server. It’s also not essential information if we’re talking an emergency
   situation and just need to know who submitted forms and how to contact them.
 * Is there a way to exclude certain form fields from saving?
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [jasongreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasongreen/)
 * (@jasongreen)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-certain-form-fields/#post-9168304)
 * Hi
 * Can you not generate a CSV and then remove the sensitive data afterward?
 *  Thread Starter [bhmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bhmedia/)
 * (@bhmedia)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-certain-form-fields/#post-9168331)
 * I want to get away from keeping the sensitive data on the server. The user submits
   their social security number as part of the application form they’re submitting.
   I’d like to keep a record of submission in case there’s an emails sending error.
   However, it’s not critical that I save all of these SSN’s because we’re using
   this as a backup and a means to contact the users should there be an email issue.
 * Is there a way where I can prevent your plugin from saving specific fields? Excluding
   them from the database to begin with?
 *  Plugin Author [jasongreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasongreen/)
 * (@jasongreen)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-certain-form-fields/#post-9188441)
 * Hi bhmedia
 * You can’t select which fields to export at the moment.
 * I will look into the possibility of adding this in a future version.

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