{"id":6579,"date":"2014-05-28T16:40:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T20:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/documentation\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:05:46","slug":"gform_field_deleted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/gform_field_deleted\/","title":{"rendered":"gform_field_deleted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"h-description\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <code>gform_field_deleted<\/code> filter fires after a form field is deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-usage\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: jscript; auto-links: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n&lt;script type=&quot;text\/javascript&quot;&gt;\n\t( function () {\n\t\tif ( window.myFieldDeletedBound ) return; \/\/ avoid double-binding\n\t\twindow.myFieldDeletedBound = true;\n\n\t\tconst previous = document.ongform_field_deleted;\n\n\t\tdocument.ongform_field_deleted = function ( event, form, fieldId ) {\n\t\t\tif ( form &amp;&amp; form.id == 44 &amp;&amp; fieldId == 1 ) {\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ do something specific to this form and field\n\t\t\t\talert( &#039;You deleted field &#039; + fieldId );\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/\/ keep any handler that was already assigned\n\t\t\tif ( typeof previous === &#039;function&#039; ) {\n\t\t\t\treturn previous.apply( this, arguments );\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t};\n\t} )();\n&lt;\/script&gt;\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-parameters\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parameters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Parameter<\/th><th>Type<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><code>event<\/code><\/td><td><a data-autolink=\"autolink_event-object\" href=\"\/event-object\">Event Object<\/a><\/td><td>Default JS event object.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>form<\/code><\/td><td><a data-autolink=\"autolink_form-object\" href=\"\/form-object\">Form Object<\/a><\/td><td>The current form object.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>fieldId<\/code><\/td><td><a data-autolink=\"autolink_integer\" href=\"\/integer\">integer<\/a><\/td><td>The current field ID.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-examples\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-display-a-message-when-a-field-is-deleted\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Display a message when a field is deleted.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This example uses the <a data-autolink=\"autolink_gform_admin_pre_render\" href=\"\/gform_admin_pre_render\">gform_admin_pre_render<\/a> filter to load the hook. 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