How to remove multiple fields from custom Report Types in Salesforce?

Published: May 07 2026

Last Updated: Sep 16 2026

Quick Answer:

To remove multiple fields from multiple Custom Report Types in Salesforce, use BOFC (Bulk Object Field Creator). Select the object and fields, and BOFC removes them across all related Report Types at once instead of editing each one manually.

Custom Report Types tend to accumulate fields over time, especially as an org evolves and old fields stop being relevant to reporting. Cleaning that up manually is where the real time cost shows up.

Salesforce doesn’t provide a native way to bulk remove fields from Report Types. So admins are stuck opening each Report Type individually, searching for the field that needs to go, removing it, and repeating that same sequence across every other Report Type that also has it. On a large org with dozens of Report Types built on the same object, that adds up fast, and it’s easy to miss one or two along the way.

With BOFC, that entire cleanup becomes a few clicks instead of a few dozen repetitions. Pick the object, select the fields to remove, and BOFC applies the change across every related Custom Report Type at once, no need to track which ones you’ve already handled.

Here’s what that looks like in practice:

Benefits of Using BOFC

Remove fields from multiple Report Types at once
Reduce manual work
Save admin time
Support both Standard and Custom Objects
Manage Report Types with a simple point-and-click UI

Here’s how to remove multiple fields from your Custom Report Types using BOFC.

Steps to Remove Multiple Fields from Report Types

Step 1: Open the BOFC Home > Click “Add / Remove Report Types”

Add or Remove Report Types

Step 2: It will open below screen to manage report types. Select the type of action as “Remove” option as highlighted in radio button.

Step 3: Select the Object from the dropdown and click “Fetch Field(s)” button to fetch all the existing fields of selected object. It will also fetch the list of the custom reports types related to selected object.

Step 4: Select the single or multiple fields which needs to be added to selected custom report types.

Step 5: Once the “Remove Fields to Report Type” buttons is clicked, it will update the status against each selected Report Types

Status Indicators

🟢 Green → Updated Successfully
🔴 Red → Error occurred during update

Final Thoughts

Report Type field cleanup is one of those admin tasks that’s easy to postpone precisely because it’s so repetitive. Left alone, unused fields just keep piling up across every Report Type built on that object.

BOFC turns that cleanup from a multi-hour, Report-Type-by-Report-Type slog into a single bulk action, so keeping your reporting metadata lean stops being something admins have to find time for.

Frequently Asked Questions

Just its reference in that Report Type. Removing a field through BOFC only takes it off the selected Report Types, it doesn't delete the field from the object itself. The field remains fully intact everywhere else it's used.

Any existing report that already has that field added as a column will show the field as unavailable or missing once it's removed from the Report Type, since the field is no longer exposed there. It's worth checking which reports use a field before removing it in bulk, so you don't unintentionally break a report someone relies on.

Yes. When you select fields to remove, you also choose which Report Types the removal applies to, so you can clear a field from some Report Types on an object while leaving it in place on others.

Yes. BOFC works the same way in a Sandbox as it does in Production, so you can run a bulk removal there first and confirm the results before applying the same change in your live org.

The Metadata API can technically bulk-remove fields from Report Types, but it requires writing and deploying code or scripts, which puts it out of reach for most admins. BOFC gives you the same bulk result through a point-and-click interface, no code, no deployment, no developer required.