Can I alter a custom ticket field type?

Question

Can I alter a custom ticket field type?

Answer 

No, you can't change the ticket field type after creation. You need to create a new custom field and remove the original from your ticket form.

For more information about how altering ticket fields affect tickets and reporting, see Best practices for altering your custom ticket fields.

 Contributed by community member Daniel Schultz.
For the original conversation, see Changing atributes to Current Field types.