Editing Options for Joomla's Contacts Component

Is your Joomla contact form not showing correctly despite what you've selected to show? It could be your global options are overriding your options.

This tutorial will show you how to edit your Contacts options.

If you're new to Joomla and want to see how to create these forms, read this guide: How to create Joomla contact forms.

Step 1. Open your Contact Manager.

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  • Click on Components > Contacts > Contacts.

Step 2. View your contact list on another window

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  • If you keep your contact list open in another window, that will help you determine what columns you'd like to remove and also allow you to preview your changes.
  • In the example above, we are going to hide the "Position" and "Phone".

Step 3. Open your Options menu

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  • Click on Options and select "Hide" for "Position" and "Phone" and click "Save & Close".

Step 4. View your Contact List.

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  • And the "Position" and "Phone" is gone.