# Change the page fields to multicultural now existing pages exists in purgatory

**URL:** <https://forum.litium.com/t/change-the-page-fields-to-multicultural-now-existing-pages-exists-in-purgatory/1210>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** litium-7\
**Created:** [November 18, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/change-the-page-fields-to-multicultural-now-existing-pages-exists-in-purgatory/1210 "2019-11-18T07:17:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Artur](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/artur/32/948_2.png) [@Artur](https://forum.litium.com/u/Artur)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/change-the-page-fields-to-multicultural-now-existing-pages-exists-in-purgatory/1210/1 "2019-11-18T07:17:07Z")

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Hi,

As the title, we changed some fields to multi-culture in the belief that we removed all existing pages. But now found a couple that had data on the said fields.

Now said pages that use the fields cannot be updated with information or removed using the BO interface.

From what i know the only way is to downgrade the field back to non multi-culture  
and then remove said pages that use that field and then upgrade the field back.

BUT is there another way that I am missing?

Litium version: 7.2.3

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**Author:** ![steve.redstorm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/steve.redstorm/32/14_2.png) [@steve.redstorm](https://forum.litium.com/u/steve.redstorm)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/change-the-page-fields-to-multicultural-now-existing-pages-exists-in-purgatory/1210/2 "2019-11-18T08:33:24Z")

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You need to clean the DB tables that contains that fields data and recreate the field.

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**Author:** ![Artur](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/artur/32/948_2.png) [@Artur](https://forum.litium.com/u/Artur)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/change-the-page-fields-to-multicultural-now-existing-pages-exists-in-purgatory/1210/3 "2019-11-18T09:28:42Z")

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I got two followup’s here.

1. Is it possible to clean that specific data ie, if a page contains that field only that field will be removed or do we need the delete the whole page. At a first glance i remember everything was stored as JSON so it will be cumbersome to just do one field?

2. Is it something we can do in an shared Litium enviroment?

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**Author:** ![steve.redstorm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.litium.com/steve.redstorm/32/14_2.png) [@steve.redstorm](https://forum.litium.com/u/steve.redstorm)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/change-the-page-fields-to-multicultural-now-existing-pages-exists-in-purgatory/1210/4 "2019-11-18T09:54:26Z")

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1. It is possible to clean the specific data, no need to delete the whole page.  
Look at your local DB and see where and how Page/Blocks and Fields are connected and make queries to delete them.

2. Contact support and give them the queries to run on your shared DB environment.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/litium/original/1X/12eddac3b8b661de1db86af10ac8151b571e6fb9.png) [@system](https://forum.litium.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.litium.com/t/change-the-page-fields-to-multicultural-now-existing-pages-exists-in-purgatory/1210/5 "2019-12-16T10:04:01Z")

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Closed on December 16, 2019, 10:04am UTC

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