February 23rd, 2026

🔒 Expanded “Exists in Submissions” Validation

The “Exists in Submissions” custom validation in OpnForm has been expanded to work for most field types!

Now, you can prevent duplicate values across emails, numbers, URLs, select fields, multi-selects, dates, users, relations, and more — automatically keeping your form data clean, organized, and reliable.

You can also add custom messages to inform users when a value already exists.


📝 Supported Fields

You can apply this validation to most OpnForm field types:

  • Title

  • Email

  • URL

  • Phone number

  • Rich Text

  • Number

  • Select

  • Multi Select

  • Status

  • Date

  • User

  • Relation

⚠️ Note: Some complex fields like User or Relation may require linking to a database to validate properly.

Learn how to set it up here: How to Prevent Duplicate Submissions in OpnForm Using “Exists in Submissions” Validation?