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SandrineSandrine 

loos of data when changeing from multiselect picklist to picklist

Hello,

I want to convert the multipicklist to picklist, will I loose the data plea ?
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SwethaSwetha (Salesforce Developers) 
HI Sandrine,
A similar ask was posted earlier here : https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/147030/can-we-convert-a-multi-select-picklist-value-into-single-select-picklist-value

We will be losing data if Changing from multi Picklist to any other type. It's not possible to avoid while conversion but we can do with apex data loader with minimal risk.
> Take a backup
> convert to picklist
> Remove multi select to single value in csv file with respect to your requirement
> upload into salesforce.

If this information helps, please mark the answer as best. Thank you