# Error on ESSENTIALS Forms

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-on-essentials-forms/53900>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [January 26, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-on-essentials-forms/53900 "2026-01-26T11:16:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![PMUK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7993a0/32.png) [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-on-essentials-forms/53900/1 "2026-01-26T11:16:14Z")

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@Ben is this causing the Form problems?

I’m having problems with the ESSENTIAL\>FORMS\>Clean Contact Form and other Dan has said this is a problem as all field need different “names” yet this is just dragged in from the pack templates.

Email and message box have same name. TIA

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-26 at 11.14.22](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/1/b/1beb3c24bf09bb4bf88754a1f7e8b24863307ce0.png)

 ![Screenshot 2026-01-26 at 11.14.46](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/b/e/be631f0f418c25ec4f056315c20bdcfcab23d463.png)

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**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-on-essentials-forms/53900/2 "2026-01-26T14:34:05Z")

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> [@PMUK](#):
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> other Dan has said this is a problem as all field need different “names” yet this is just dragged in from the pack templates.

Yes — this is specifically an issue with the **email** field. A form can only contain **one** email field. If more than one email field is present, it will trigger an error when the form tries to send the email.

I’ll get the Essentials template update today!

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**Author:** ![miketee](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/miketee/32/27560_2.png) [@miketee](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/miketee)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-on-essentials-forms/53900/3 "2026-03-02T12:25:42Z")

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Hi @ben

I believe the above issue is still present in the current updates (Elements 2.0.1 (24124) and Essentials V1 (5) ).

But I can confirm that changing “email” in the “name” field of the Input settings to something else (like “message”) does indeed solve the issue and the form sends.

That said, using this form gives me some strange formatting the the email message I receive on my end after sending from the form:

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-02 at 7.19.30 AM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/f/a/fa73cfae2a7d6a159f4ce15165c078ec7b0e1810.png)

Not a biggie, but wanted to flag it for you. 🙂

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-on-essentials-forms/53900/4 "2026-03-03T08:47:42Z")

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Thanks for the report, we’ll get this fixed!

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**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/error-on-essentials-forms/53900/5 "2026-03-05T17:16:58Z")

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Update: Essentials has just been updated so the “Form: Clean Contact” now sends correctly. You can [get the update](elementsapp://storeProduct/com.elementsplatform.essentials) on the Elements Store now 🙂