Field Length Cannot Be Reduced UDF

I have a problem where i accidentally updated the Alphanumeric UDF to 100 and now i want to reduce its size and it prompts me with an error saying "Field Length Cannot Be Reduced". Any way to fix this?

Hi David,
You will not be able to Reduce Length of UDF once Created.
This is Standard System Behavior.
If its your requirement then Delete existing UDF and then Create again same UDF name with less Length.
Hope this help
Regards::::
Atul Chakraborty

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Field Length Cannot Be Reduced UDF

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