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Hi @whatsupskip
When you changed the field type, the data will still be there as long as you don’t update the post/page. ACF will check if the existing data is compatible with the new field type and just ignore it if it isn’t compatible.
In your case, it should be compatible because both TextArea and Wysiwyg editor uses string to store the data.
I hope this makes sense.
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