How to change CMS custom field slugs

I’ve created a few custom fields in the CMS and then changed their names. The underlying field slug stays the same, which in some cases has caused a bit of confusion.

I made two reference fields recently, one for NEXT, one for PREVIOUS articles in the collection. I then swapped the names over (easier than reworking the layout…) but of course, the underlying slugs remained their original names.

Patching entries through Parabola meant I was setting, Next and previous the wrong way round. Lots of head-scratching ensued…

Is there a way to update the CMS filed slugs that are pulled in when making API calls?


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Exact same issue here, any help from Webflow on this??

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Bumping this. Anyone have ideas? It looks like it’s not possible to update field slugs in the api as well?

wondering if anyone got any solutions for this?

@Ayla_Hourani

You can rename the entire collection and create a new one, where you’re very careful to name the fields exactly as you want the first time around.

Then link, export, import, etc. your data.