diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CalculateModal.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CalculateModal.svelte
index 8fe753cba8..660a822898 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CalculateModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CalculateModal.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   import { Select, Label, notifications, ModalContent } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import { tables, views } from "stores/backend"
   import analytics from "analytics"
+  import { FIELDS } from "constants/backend"
 
   const CALCULATIONS = [
     {
@@ -25,13 +26,16 @@
   )
   $: fields =
     viewTable &&
-    Object.keys(viewTable.schema).filter(
-      field =>
-        view.calculation === "count" ||
-        // don't want to perform calculations based on auto ID
-        (viewTable.schema[field].type === "number" &&
-          !viewTable.schema[field].autocolumn)
-    )
+    Object.keys(viewTable.schema).filter(fieldName => {
+      const field = viewTable.schema[fieldName]
+      return (
+        field.type !== FIELDS.FORMULA.type &&
+        field.type !== FIELDS.LINK.type &&
+        (view.calculation === "count" ||
+          // don't want to perform calculations based on auto ID
+          (field.type === "number" && !field.autocolumn))
+      )
+    })
 
   function saveView() {
     views.save(view)
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/GroupByModal.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/GroupByModal.svelte
index b566a24ca8..b0df0ef1da 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/GroupByModal.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/GroupByModal.svelte
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
   $: fields =
     viewTable &&
     Object.entries(viewTable.schema)
-      .filter(entry => entry[1].type !== FIELDS.LINK.type)
+      .filter(
+        entry =>
+          entry[1].type !== FIELDS.LINK.type &&
+          entry[1].type !== FIELDS.FORMULA.type
+      )
       .map(([key]) => key)
 
   function saveView() {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor.js
index 766bc09b2f..8467d91c57 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor.js
@@ -184,7 +184,13 @@ exports.inputProcessing = (user = {}, table, row) => {
       }
       continue
     }
-    clonedRow[key] = exports.coerce(value, field.type)
+    // specific case to delete formula values if they get saved
+    // type coercion cannot completely remove the field, so have to do it here
+    if (field.type === FieldTypes.FORMULA) {
+      delete clonedRow[key]
+    } else {
+      clonedRow[key] = exports.coerce(value, field.type)
+    }
   }
   // handle auto columns - this returns an object like {table, row}
   return processAutoColumn(user, copiedTable, clonedRow)