# When I update a record, it clears all blank fields

**URL:** <https://forum.adalo.com/t/when-i-update-a-record-it-clears-all-blank-fields/5041>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [October 19, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/when-i-update-a-record-it-clears-all-blank-fields/5041 "2020-10-19T19:33:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![bgschust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bgschust](https://forum.adalo.com/u/bgschust)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/when-i-update-a-record-it-clears-all-blank-fields/5041/1 "2020-10-19T19:33:43Z")

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All records left blank in an Adalo update action are getting cleared in Airtable now. That doesn’t work for my app because custom actions are needed to update linked fields.

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**Author:** ![sfsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sfsie](https://forum.adalo.com/u/sfsie)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/when-i-update-a-record-it-clears-all-blank-fields/5041/2 "2020-10-19T21:33:51Z")

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Hi @bgschust

Please see fix in section 3: [Connecting to Airtable - Adalo Resources](https://help.adalo.com/integrations/external-collections-with-apis/airtable/connecting-to-airtable)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/2X/9/9665b5e8d631a8c1afd487f9badb5755ce716974.png)

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**Author:** ![bgschust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bgschust](https://forum.adalo.com/u/bgschust)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/when-i-update-a-record-it-clears-all-blank-fields/5041/3 "2020-10-19T22:44:49Z")

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Yeah I’ve been using PATCH, but it’s actually a standard update action that’s causing the problem in the presence of a Custom Action on the same screen with the same record.

I’m also having links to screens fail and then work once in a while. Most of this stuff was working stably before today.

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**Author:** ![CopyThat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/copythat/32/2705_2.png) [@CopyThat](https://forum.adalo.com/u/CopyThat)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/when-i-update-a-record-it-clears-all-blank-fields/5041/4 "2020-10-20T02:22:19Z")

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I made a post about this issue too… its only 2 days old its been working great until then!!

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**Author:** ![bgschust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bgschust](https://forum.adalo.com/u/bgschust)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/when-i-update-a-record-it-clears-all-blank-fields/5041/5 "2020-10-20T18:11:21Z")

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Yeah I think they’re working on it. It just happened to me for the first time yesterday.

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**Author:** ![bgschust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@bgschust](https://forum.adalo.com/u/bgschust)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/when-i-update-a-record-it-clears-all-blank-fields/5041/6 "2020-10-29T12:43:04Z")

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@David & @anon78309838, a standard Update action is still clearing linked fields from Airtable that are inserted manually or with custom actions instead of leaving them unchanged.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/when-i-update-a-record-it-clears-all-blank-fields/5041/7 "2020-11-08T12:43:10Z")

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