diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/ColumnsSettingButton.svelte b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/ColumnsSettingButton.svelte
index 9f7ced013d..ed94a01e56 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/ColumnsSettingButton.svelte
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/controls/ColumnsSettingButton.svelte
@@ -49,12 +49,15 @@
 
     const requiredTooltip = isRequired && "Required columns must be writable"
 
+    const editEnabled =
+      !isRequired ||
+      columnToPermissionOptions(c) !== PERMISSION_OPTIONS.WRITABLE
     const options = [
       {
         icon: "Edit",
         value: PERMISSION_OPTIONS.WRITABLE,
-        tooltip: requiredTooltip || "Writable",
-        disabled: isRequired,
+        tooltip: (!editEnabled && requiredTooltip) || "Writable",
+        disabled: !editEnabled,
       },
     ]
     if ($datasource.type === "viewV2") {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
index c8035bd578..375c4c7c77 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/viewV2.spec.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { generator, mocks } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
 import { DatabaseName, getDatasource } from "../../../integrations/tests/utils"
 import merge from "lodash/merge"
 import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
-import { roles } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import { db, roles } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 
 describe.each([
   ["internal", undefined],
@@ -840,6 +840,53 @@ describe.each([
         })
       )
     })
+
+    isInternal &&
+      it("updating schema will only validate modified field", async () => {
+        let view = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+          tableId: table._id!,
+          name: generator.guid(),
+          schema: {
+            id: { visible: true },
+            Price: {
+              visible: true,
+            },
+            Category: { visible: true },
+          },
+        })
+
+        // Update the view to an invalid state
+        const tableToUpdate = await config.api.table.get(table._id!)
+        ;(tableToUpdate.views![view.name] as ViewV2).schema!.id.visible = false
+        await db.getDB(config.appId!).put(tableToUpdate)
+
+        view = await config.api.viewV2.get(view.id)
+        await config.api.viewV2.update({
+          ...view,
+          schema: {
+            ...view.schema,
+            Price: {
+              visible: false,
+            },
+          },
+        })
+
+        expect(await config.api.viewV2.get(view.id)).toEqual(
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            schema: {
+              id: expect.objectContaining({
+                visible: false,
+              }),
+              Price: expect.objectContaining({
+                visible: false,
+              }),
+              Category: expect.objectContaining({
+                visible: true,
+              }),
+            },
+          })
+        )
+      })
   })
 
   describe("delete", () => {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
index b088051773..b6ac7b6f6b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { HTTPError, db as dbCore } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { features } from "@budibase/pro"
 import { helpers } from "@budibase/shared-core"
-import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
+import { cloneDeep } from "lodash/fp"
 
 import * as utils from "../../../db/utils"
 import { isExternalTableID } from "../../../integrations/utils"
@@ -68,16 +68,25 @@ async function guardViewSchema(
     }
   }
 
+  const existingView =
+    table?.views && (table.views[view.name] as ViewV2 | undefined)
+
   for (const field of Object.values(table.schema)) {
     if (!helpers.schema.isRequired(field.constraints)) {
       continue
     }
 
     const viewSchemaField = viewSchema[field.name]
+    const existingViewSchema =
+      existingView?.schema && existingView.schema[field.name]
+    if (!viewSchemaField && !existingViewSchema?.visible) {
+      // Supporting existing configs with required columns but hidden in views
+      continue
+    }
 
     if (!viewSchemaField?.visible) {
       throw new HTTPError(
-        `You can't hide "${field.name} because it is a required field."`,
+        `You can't hide "${field.name}" because it is a required field.`,
         400
       )
     }