# Enable or Disable Animal Fields

Animal fields are those fields you are able to fill out during an animal's intake process into your organization when you add an animal. These are the fields that display on the animal's information page on and on your website.

Here is an example of animal fields in use on an animal's webpage.

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By default, all animal fields are enabled for your organization. Organizations that have the **Data Management** service are given this helpful feature to customize the fields your team sees on an animal’s record.



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**Where do I find it?**

You can find the [**Enabled/Disabled Fields**](https://manage.rescuegroups.org/animals_settings_fields_disabled) page by going to **Animals > Settings** and clicking Enabled/Disabled **Fields**.

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The following actions are available for the Disable Animal Fields feature with the specified service and user roles:

| **Action** | **Description** | **Services** | **User Roles** |
|--------|-------------|----------|------------|
| Manage Disabled Fields | Able to change the animal fields that are disabled. | Data Management<br>Website | Site Admin |

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# What do the animal fields do?

Animal fields are a quick way to display your adoptable animals' information in an easy-to-read format for potential adopters. When you to the **Animal Disabled Fields** page (**Animals > Settings > Enabled/Disabled Fields**), you can select which of these fields you want to use and which you want to disable. Remember that by default, all of them are in use. To disable any field or fields, just tick off the radio buttons next to the fields. The fields you have left will then display for you every time you add an animal. Below is the list of animal fields from the **Disabled Animal Fields** page. Note the animal's general color field. 

 ![](https://outline-production-attachments.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/uploads/48da3d2a-9a3a-434b-824b-a6018154f31c/83b2d7e7-999b-4f82-ac9d-89ed46e5ca44/animal%20fields%20selections.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA4EOUDTOVUICLPZ4P%2F20261023%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261023T193000Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-Signature=185efc38c924294d109c8f56a813f076df83441e256ae752f64390d13a01dfdb&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject " =935x763")



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**Exports**

We strongly suggest **NOT** disabling the **Export Accounts** or **Allow Exports** fields. If these fields are disabled, animal records in our system will have the default value for Allow Export set to 'No' and no specific Export Accounts will be selected. Your animals will not be shared through exports, and all animal records that you want to export in the future will have to be individually edited to select these options. 

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If you enable the **General Color** field, when you add an animal, you will see that field as a selection to fill out. Not in the example below, taken from the **Add an animal** screen, the general color field.

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On your animal's information page, you will see only those fields you've enabled. Here is a portion of the animal page for Miss Moppet. Note the **General Color** is listed beneath her photo.

 ![](https://outline-production-attachments.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/uploads/48da3d2a-9a3a-434b-824b-a6018154f31c/0b7b4b2b-6703-43f6-8653-04a79ee70cff/animal%20page%20with%20fields.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA4EOUDTOVUICLPZ4P%2F20261023%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261023T193000Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-Signature=26508b977b6ac3239db76f8df95c08b45ed6534b9541a8015a9754fd649dbeef&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject " =883x196")  

# Disable an animal field


1. Go to the **Animal Disabled Fields** page (**Animals > Settings > Enabled/Disabled Fields**)
2. Select the field or fields you want to disable by ticking the radio button next to that field (see example above).
3. Click **Save.**

# Enable an animal field


1. Go to the **Animal Disabled Fields** page (**Animals > Settings > Enabled/Disabled Fields**)
2. Select any fields that you previously disabled and untick the radio button next to the name.
3. Click **Save.**