# Why is company a 'lookup' field?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-is-company-a-lookup-field/5875>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 22, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-is-company-a-lookup-field/5875 "2016-02-22T17:22:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JeroenJeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@JeroenJeremy](https://forum.mautic.org/u/JeroenJeremy)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-is-company-a-lookup-field/5875/1 "2016-02-22T17:22:15Z")

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In my installation (Mautic 1.2.4 on Bitnami/Digital Ocean) I find that the field Company is of type ‘lookup’. Why is that? ![](https://www.evernote.com/l/AAEpTX_pMVlCGrOipaRBPbAFFVrMDMFsGYI)

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**Author:** ![JeroenJeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@JeroenJeremy](https://forum.mautic.org/u/JeroenJeremy)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-is-company-a-lookup-field/5875/2 "2016-02-22T17:22:15Z")

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In my installation (Mautic 1.2.4 on Bitnami/Digital Ocean) I find that the field Company is of type ‘lookup’. Why is that? ![](https://www.evernote.com/l/AAEpTX_pMVlCGrOipaRBPbAFFVrMDMFsGYI)

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**Author:** ![JeroenJeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@JeroenJeremy](https://forum.mautic.org/u/JeroenJeremy)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/why-is-company-a-lookup-field/5875/3 "2016-02-22T17:45:59Z")

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Also, I can’t just delete it and replace it with a field that is not ‘lookup’