# QFieldCloud warning for read-only layers **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask the Community\ **Created:** [14 September 2026 22:36 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfieldcloud-warning-for-read-only-layers/1918 "2026-09-14T22:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gm00039](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/user_avatar/community.qfield.org/gm00039/32/1067_2.png) [@gm00039](https://community.qfield.org/u/gm00039)\ **Post date:** [14 September 2026 22:36 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfieldcloud-warning-for-read-only-layers/1918/1 "2026-09-14T22:36:49Z")
![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/2X/2/22a2ec505d8448bebeda7d48b942910a4e289665.png) This warning began appearing in all my existing projects about two weeks ago. However, I intentionally include some read-only layers in my QField projects. Field staff need to be able to view these layers, but they do not need to edit them in the field. Is there a way to ignore this warning? ---
**Author:** ![Mathieu\_Pellerin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/user_avatar/community.qfield.org/mathieu_pellerin/32/636_2.png) [@Mathieu\_Pellerin](https://community.qfield.org/u/Mathieu_Pellerin)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2026 03:40 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfieldcloud-warning-for-read-only-layers/1918/2 "2026-09-15T03:40:11Z")
@gm00039 , you can mark the layers as read-only in QGIS through the project configuration dialog’s datasets panel. That will take care of the warning. ---
**Author:** ![Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Will](https://community.qfield.org/u/Will)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2026 14:52 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfieldcloud-warning-for-read-only-layers/1918/3 "2026-09-15T14:52:26Z")
We have a similar but more serious problem with virtual layers - QFieldCloud can’t synchronize virtual layers so there should be some way of asking QFieldCloud to ignore virtual layers during synchronization but we haven’t been able to find anything. > [@QFieldCloud Synchronization Failing After Adding a Virtual Layer - Even After Setting Packaging Action to "Remove from project" For The Layer](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfieldcloud-synchronization-failing-after-adding-a-virtual-layer-even-after-setting-packaging-action-to-remove-from-project-for-the-layer/1835): > > Hi, I added a virtual layer in QGIS which caused QFieldCloud synchronization on QField to fail with “The project owner’s subscription plan is insufficient” - this error message seems to be due to QFieldCloud not currently synchronizing virtual layers (see link below) so I set the virtual layer to QFieldCloud Packaging Action to “Remove from project” and tried to resynchronize but the problem remains and the error message “The project owner’s subscription plan is insufficient” is still displayed… ---
**Author:** ![gm00039](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/user_avatar/community.qfield.org/gm00039/32/1067_2.png) [@gm00039](https://community.qfield.org/u/gm00039)\ **Post date:** [15 September 2026 18:46 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfieldcloud-warning-for-read-only-layers/1918/4 "2026-09-15T18:46:09Z")
Hi Mathieu, thanks for the reply. I navigated to Project\>Properties\>QField\>QFieldCloud Packaging, ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/2X/e/e23e64335b11fe48611057953b9408e2da07f64e.png) and clicked on the gear button, this page showed up: ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/2X/d/d6ed5c8f1923a6bebde9cc76a9e9f91df89d1bea.png) Were you referring to those permission checkboxes? In the “Cable Packaging” tab there’s also this “keep existent” configuration. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/uploads/qfield/original/2X/2/2d1800fa719e43d0cedc73267d5ae2688e02a2f1.png) Here is the version information: QGIS version: 3.40.15-Bratislava QGIS code revision f68f1bf573 OS version: Windows 11 Version 2009 qfieldsync: v4.23.1 ---
**Author:** ![VxTedxV](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/user_avatar/community.qfield.org/vxtedxv/32/1244_2.png) [@VxTedxV](https://community.qfield.org/u/VxTedxV)\ **Post date:** [18 September 2026 23:28 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfieldcloud-warning-for-read-only-layers/1918/5 "2026-09-18T23:28:05Z")
Project \> Properties \> Data Sources \> tick the Read-only column for the appropriate layers ---
**Author:** ![Mathieu\_Pellerin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex018/user_avatar/community.qfield.org/mathieu_pellerin/32/636_2.png) [@Mathieu\_Pellerin](https://community.qfield.org/u/Mathieu_Pellerin)\ **Post date:** [21 September 2026 03:11 UTC](https://community.qfield.org/t/qfieldcloud-warning-for-read-only-layers/1918/6 "2026-09-21T03:11:34Z")
@VxTedxV , thanks for beating me to providing the correct answer 🙂