Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › Why Encrypted Field type don't support change Field Type? Salesforce® Discussions Why Encrypted Field type don't support change Field Type? Posted by Suraj on May 8, 2017 at 1:08 PM Why Encrypted Field type don’t support change Field Type? Saurabh replied 9 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply Saurabh Member May 8, 2017 at 2:45 PM Hi Suraj Existing custom fields cannot be converted into encrypted fields nor can encrypted fields be converted into another data type. Hope it may help Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me