Contact Mobile Number column help text

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Hi,

We added a multistep form based on the Contact dataverse table as follows -

I have been struggling to figure out where the text "Provide a telephone number" is coming from. It doesn't seem to be on the dataverse form or the basic form created for the portal or anything on the column definition.

Where is this coming from and how can I edit this and also add similar texts for the other columns in the form.

Regards,

Prathyoo

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Lucas001 2,595 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @prathyoo,

I don't know where exactly it's coming from but I can tell you how to edit those lines.
Each of your form lines has an id. You can find that id by right clicking on your side and inspect it.
The id, when created by yourself, has the syntax "publisher_columnname".

You can than use jquery inside the pages js

$(document).ready(function (){ //Directly inserting it: $('#yourId').val("Your new Value"); //Checking if the field is empty on refresh or loading the page $('#yourId').val() === "" ? $('#yourId').val("Your new Value") : null; })
apangeles 252 on at

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Hi @Lucas001

Tried but the "provide the telephone number" didn't disappear. Can you share some screenshots where I can find the ID? And how the jquery be posted in the web page?

Thank you in advance!
Lucas001 2,595 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @apangeles,

you can use the develop tools in any browser. Search trough the elements and have a look wether that input field has an ID or a class you can target. Other than that you need a path as CSS selector which is not the recommended way.
A quick tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sADa_YHWOjw

Once you did that you can use Jquery as posted above. Take the CSS selector and insert it here: $('your CSS selector') You can than use most jQuery functions to hide the field or as example .val() or .text() to fill it.
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Hi Lucas,

Copy. I'll look more into it. Thank you!
Fubar 17 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Check the Dataverse Column definition to see if the Description is populated and if that is what you are seeing.
Could also be a control added to the field in the Components section at the bottom of your screen shot, or it could be that it is picking it up from the Column having the phone number mask set on it
Could also be something custom where someone has added the "placeholder" attribute to the field via JavaScript
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Go to your 'Portal Management' app and then whichever step your phone number field is added, add the below custom jquery -

if (window.jQuery) { (function ($) { $(document).ready(function (){ $('#qd_phonenumber').attr('placeholder',''); }); }(window.jQuery)); }