Title: Remove Birthday field
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Remove Birthday field

 *  [konberg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/konberg/)
 * (@konberg)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-birthday-field/)
 * Hi,
 * I remove Birthday field from the registration form but it keeps appearing again.
   The network I am building is for organizations, not individuals, so i do not 
   need to check age requirements or collect birthdays. How can I remove it completely?
 * Thank you!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-xprofile-custom-fields-type/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-xprofile-custom-fields-type/)

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 *  Plugin Author [donmik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atallos/)
 * (@atallos)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-birthday-field/#post-6643905)
 * You can modify the registration template of buddypress or your theme, inside 
   the loop used to display the fields. You will need some php code.
 * The other way is to save this field outside the default group of xprofile fields.
 *  [lukinods](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukinods/)
 * (@lukinods)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-birthday-field/#post-6644083)
 * Hi,
    I have the same problem, every time I try to change the birthday field it
   keeps reappearing,
 * I heard that we might have to change something on some file but i couldn’t find
   the lines that contains the sql commands that fix this.
 * What should I do?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [donmik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atallos/)
 * (@atallos)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-birthday-field/#post-6644084)
 * The buddypress behavior is display only the fields from base group in registration
   form. So if you don’t want the birthdate field to be displayed just move it to
   a new group.
 * If you want to have all your fields in base group, you will have to modify the
   registration form template. This file is located inside wp-content/themes/your-
   theme/registration/register.php. If you don’t have this file, it’s because your
   theme is not overriding buddypress default file, so you need to do it by copying
   the original file inside your theme.
    1. Create a folder named “buddypress” inside your theme.
    2. Create a folder named “members” inside the previous folder created “buddypress”.
    3. Copy file “wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/
       register.php” inside your-theme/buddypress/members/.
    4. You have to modify this template, inside the loop you have to search your birthdate
       field and hide it.
 * You need to know how to code to do this, so if you don’t know, you will have 
   to find some developer to help you.

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 * Last reply from: [donmik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atallos/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-birthday-field/#post-6644084)
 * Status: not resolved