# Hippo CMS (14): Multiple Dropdown - remove already selected option in following dropdown

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**Created:** [May 30, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/hippo-cms-14-multiple-dropdown-remove-already-selected-option-in-following-dropdown/3952 "2023-05-30T10:39:58Z")\
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I have a multiple dropdown. In every dropdown I can select one option (max. 5).  
The problem is, that every dropdown contains all values although I have already selected one from the options list.

So, I want to avoid something like this:

1. Option 1
2. Option 2
3. Option 1 (this doesn’t have to be a selectable option, because I have used it already at the beginning)
4. Option 4

My question is:  
How can I adjust my dropdown select options list so that an already used option won’t appear in a following dropdown again?

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/hippo-cms-14-multiple-dropdown-remove-already-selected-option-in-following-dropdown/3952/2 "2023-05-30T11:43:43Z")

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You are using a static dropdown. It doesn’t know about other dropdowns, and it can’t react to what happens in them.

If you use the Essentials application Selections tool to add a field to a document type there are some more options. You can create a single field backed by a value list that allows multiple selections from a list.

Another option is to use dynamic dropdowns that observe each other, though I feel like this may be too complicated if the same can be achieved by the above.