# Dropdown Help With Options

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-help-with-options/115241>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [April 24, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-help-with-options/115241 "2026-04-24T17:28:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![richhull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@richhull](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richhull)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-help-with-options/115241/1 "2026-04-24T17:28:41Z")

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Can you have the ability of a user to remove dropdown options from a dropdown? I have it to where a user would create units but if they happen to mess up the spelling how can I have them modify the option on the dropdown?

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**Author:** ![Bushmatic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bushmatic/32/87014_2.png) [@Bushmatic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bushmatic)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-help-with-options/115241/2 "2026-04-24T18:42:51Z")

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Can you post more details, screenshots, code, about how your dropdown is currently working?

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**Author:** ![richhull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@richhull](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/richhull)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-help-with-options/115241/3 "2026-04-24T19:13:28Z")

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Sorry about that!

Right now I have it to where the user can create an option:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/2/92ff7149f9b1883b3e87f6c507ab3c34be8781f0.png)

But I also what to give the user the ability to remove units if they are incorrectly spelled

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/d/4d1a9fd5af733cf4b4c6254ba9455b645a0ff712.png)

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**Author:** ![travisaggiebrown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/travisaggiebrown/32/85824_2.png) [@travisaggiebrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travisaggiebrown)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-help-with-options/115241/4 "2026-04-24T19:43:35Z")

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One thing you might try is make a radio group below the dropdown that populates as the options get made. Then script each options radio group so that on selection it removes that option from the dropdown and the radio group. You should be able to change the radio group icon and I'm pretty sure there is an X icon.

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**Author:** ![tgarrison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tgarrison/32/80965_2.png) [@tgarrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tgarrison)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-help-with-options/115241/5 "2026-05-01T17:54:18Z")

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Yes, you can do so quite easily. Just make a delete button that when they push it, it reads the current dropdown list, removes the currently selected item, and writes the list back to the dropdown properties.

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**Author:** ![travisaggiebrown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/travisaggiebrown/32/85824_2.png) [@travisaggiebrown](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/travisaggiebrown)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/dropdown-help-with-options/115241/6 "2026-05-01T17:56:32Z")

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man, that's much more elegant then the half-baked idea I gave.