We regularly review our prescreening criteria to keep them relevant. Occasionally, we remove less-used questions to make space for new ones, preventing both participants and researchers from feeling overwhelmed.
During this process, outdated questions are first marked as [Deprecated] for a few weeks before being completely removed.
Publishing studies with deprecated screeners
You may still see deprecated screeners appear temporarily — for example, in draft or duplicated studies. However:
- Once a screener has been removed from the platform, the screener will be removed from the study. If you try to publish a draft, you’ll receive an error message.
- To continue, we recommend using Custom screening to make sure participants meet the criteria you are looking for before taking your study.
Good to know
- You’ll see the [Deprecated] label clearly marked next to affected screeners during the phase-out period
- Once a screener is removed, it will no longer be available on the app.
- You can still access past data from a deprecated or removed screener.
- We do not remove screeners mid-study - live studies won’t be affected.
- We recommend using our Custom screening if the screener you need is no longer available
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