# Multi-select Field Type **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/multi-select-field-type/2944 "2015-12-09T18:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrdunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@chrdunne](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chrdunne)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/multi-select-field-type/2944/1 "2015-12-09T18:01:42Z")
Are there any plans to support multi-select field type for leads. For example, say I want to segment my leads by their interest area. I do not want to create lots of boolean fields for each interest area, I want a multi-select field where I can choose 1 or more interest areas. And I want to be able to import these from a CSV file. ---
**Author:** ![chrdunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@chrdunne](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chrdunne)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/multi-select-field-type/2944/2 "2015-12-09T18:01:42Z")
Are there any plans to support multi-select field type for leads. For example, say I want to segment my leads by their interest area. I do not want to create lots of boolean fields for each interest area, I want a multi-select field where I can choose 1 or more interest areas. And I want to be able to import these from a CSV file. ---
**Author:** ![ninjoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ninjoan/32/1005_2.png) [@ninjoan](https://forum.mautic.org/u/ninjoan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/multi-select-field-type/2944/3 "2015-12-09T20:03:31Z")
hi @chrdunne You can use the option aviable in Select Fields \> The List Multi-Select field Go to form \> Create Form \> Add a field \> Select \> Propiertis \> Allow Multiple Screen shot [http://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/823631/9582ee44bb572e3ea8e27875a444cbde](http://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/823631/9582ee44bb572e3ea8e27875a444cbde) ---
**Author:** ![chrdunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@chrdunne](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chrdunne)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/multi-select-field-type/2944/4 "2015-12-10T09:28:13Z")
Thanks for that. I wasn’t aware of this but it only seems to be available for Forms. In my scenario I want to upload 1000’s of lead contact records from a CSV file. I want the ability to go into Mautic and manually edit the contact, in particular I want to be able to select different Interests from a drop down list (multi-select). For example, one of our sales/marketing people might decide that based on a conversation with a contact, they have a particular interest, and would then change that field. Then I want to have Smart Lists, for example, 1 per interest. The Smart List would have a filter which would select contacts with the corresponding interest and this would in turn trigger a Drip Email campaign. But perhaps there are other ways to achieve what I am looking for. Thanks for your help Chris ---
**Author:** ![derrickm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/derrickm/32/31_2.png) [@derrickm](https://forum.mautic.org/u/derrickm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/multi-select-field-type/2944/5 "2015-12-13T07:07:35Z")
If you go to the edit page for any lead (Manage Leads-\>Choose ‘Edit’ from the dropdown to the left of the lead’s name), you’ll find that any multi-select fields appear as dropdowns when you click on them. ---
**Author:** ![chrdunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@chrdunne](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chrdunne)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/multi-select-field-type/2944/6 "2015-12-22T10:10:42Z")
Thanks for the reply. But I can only see single select drop downs. If I go to Manage Fields and create a new field I don’t see any option to make the select list type into a multi-select list. Chris ---
**Author:** ![espresso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@espresso](https://forum.mautic.org/u/espresso)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/multi-select-field-type/2944/7 "2016-09-26T00:45:53Z")
[quote=5624:@chrdunne]Thanks for the reply. But I can only see single select drop downs. If I go to Manage Fields and create a new field I don’t see any option to make the select list type into a multi-select list. Chris[/quote] Hi Chris, Have you found any solution to this? It appears that multi-select for customs field is coming in the next release 2.2 [https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/2351](https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/2351) ---
**Author:** ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/multi-select-field-type/2944/8 "2020-02-02T22:56:19Z")