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How do you clear values from a field? I'm trying to remove the value from a built-in date field and several custom fields (types are date and select/list). Here is an example:
```SelectCustomFieldRef myCustomField = new SelectCustomFieldRef { scriptId = "custentity_mycustomfield", value = new ListOrRecordRef { name = string.Empty } };```
I tried setting value to null but found it's required. I've tried passing an empty `ListOrRecordRef` object. I've tried setting the name and internal id properties with null and empty strings. So far nothing has worked. What am I missing?

After way too much searching, I stumbled across the `nullFieldList` property which clears values from both standard and custom fields. That is exactly what I needed. It should have been easier to find in the documentation rather than a mention in a random forum post somewhere.

At least I have a solution.

Check out the `nullFieldList` property.  In C# it looks something like this:
```task.message = null;
task.nullFieldList = new string[] {"message"};```


<https://system.netsuite.com/app/help/helpcenter.nl?fid=section_N3438152.html|Setting Custom Fields to NULL>

although i agree that the search is useless