If I want to delete case properties from an existing case, can I do an excel upload and have the case properties be blank? Will that delete the case properties?
How to delete case properties from an existing case in CommCare
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For this, you can leave the Case Management tab as "does not use cases." This controls the cases of the case type you've selected in your module.
The User Case will automatically be loaded into your form when you choose a form that has User Case setup.
The default settings of your project do not let you split mulitselect questions in case exports. This is because your case does not know which questions correspond with which case properties (because it could be multiple questions).
However, we do have a feature preview that you can enable on your project that will allow you to define how you would like to split your case property in a case export.
You can enable this setting by going to https://www.commcarehq.org/a/your_domain/settings/project/previews/ and checking the "Split multi-selects in case export" option. Then hit Update Previews.
When that is enabled you should see an extra column in your export that will allow you to select the Type. Here you select "multiselect." Then you can add your options. Example below:
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Best Answer
You can't remove a case property completely but you can set it to a blank value or a value which indicates that it has not been set such as 'unset'.