# Respondent Answers Encryption

You can assign to each of your [text based answer](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-types/creating-new-type/widget/widget-samples/basic-field) a different [data classification](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/data-encryption/data-classification) based on the importance of the data being collected. You may set the data classification on the answer of your choice using the [answer properties](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/form-designer/answers/answer-properties) page.

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Once answers have been collected and encrypted in the database its not possible to revert them back to clear text inside the database. These will only be accessible from the user interface or the API.
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