Why do duplicate questions appear in user profiles and Contacts dashboard after registration?

After setting up registration forms with custom questions, admins notice some questions appear duplicated in user profiles and the Contacts dashboard. The registration form itself appears fine with no duplicates on the form during registration. What causes these duplicate questions in profiles and contacts, and how can they be fixed or cleaned up?

Duplicate questions appearing in user profiles and the Contacts dashboard are often caused by having multiple copies of the same field created for different forms within Dryfta (such as separate copies for registration and user profiles or for attendees without tickets). 

Even if duplicates are not visible in the registration forms or marked as included in "other forms," the system may still retain these multiple fields that collect and display the same data. 

To resolve this, identify and consolidate the duplicate fields by using a single copy of the question field and including it across all relevant forms instead of creating multiple copies. You can check where a field is included by editing the field and using the "Check to include this field in other forms" option at the bottom of the field editor; uncheck forms where the field should not appear. 

Also, unpublish or remove duplicate fields that are not needed. This cleanup helps avoid showing repeated questions in profiles and contacts view, maintaining a clean and consistent data set.