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Currently when we customize member database field, let's say I add "Country" as one field, and I define the type as "text", which means that subcribers can enter their country name as a text, but if I want to change the type setting to other options, such as "multiple choice" or "dropdown" or "radio button", I can't change it. I can only delete the "country" and add a new field with a new type.

Can we change the database field type without deleting it, since we will lose the old members' info on that field.

You are right, at the moment field type can not be changed. I will make a note for our list of enhancements.

What you can do is create a new field, enter the values manually (which is a pain...), export the list, copy the whole column from old field to new and import back.