Title: Exclude Empty Field
Last modified: June 3, 2021

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# Exclude Empty Field

 *  Resolved [Hasaanch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hasaanch/)
 * (@hasaanch)
 * [4 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-empty-field/)
 * Is there a way we can exclude empty fields (the fields that are optional and 
   the user hasn’t filled) from the submissions (from the email).
    e.g If I have
   a form having text fields * Your Height * Your Weight
 * Let’s say user fills
    Your Height: 5’6 Your Weight: (empty)
 * I want to receive the email as:
    Your Height: 5’6
 * But the Email I receive now is:
    Your Height: 5’6 Your Weight:
 * I hope you understand the problem.
    I tried creating the filter
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'ninja_forms_submit_data', 'my_ninja_forms_submit_data' );
   
       function my_ninja_forms_submit_data( $form_data ) {
   
   
         foreach( $form_data[ 'fields' ] as $index => $field) { // Field settigns, including the field key and value.
   
           if($field['value'] == "")
           {
               unset($field[$index]);
           }
   
         }
   
         $form_settings = $form_data[ 'settings' ]; // Form settings.
   
         $extra_data = $form_data[ 'extra' ]; // Extra data included with the submission.
   
         return $form_data;
       }
       ```
   

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Justin McElhaney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmcelhaney/)
 * (@jmcelhaney)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-empty-field/#post-14563467)
 * You can accomplish this using the Fields Table merge tag {fields_table} This 
   merge tag only returns the fields that have had data entered into them.

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