diff --git a/api/src/services/fields.ts b/api/src/services/fields.ts
index 31294d657d..c9efa5815c 100644
--- a/api/src/services/fields.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/fields.ts
@@ -368,6 +368,12 @@ export class FieldsService {
 			column.nullable();
 		}
 
+		if (field.schema?.is_unique === true) {
+			column.unique();
+		} else if (field.schema?.is_unique === false && alter === true) {
+			table.dropUnique([field.field]);
+		}
+
 		if (field.schema?.is_primary_key) {
 			column.primary();
 		}
diff --git a/app/src/components/v-form/form-field.vue b/app/src/components/v-form/form-field.vue
index 3c2043b6eb..84bd899eed 100644
--- a/app/src/components/v-form/form-field.vue
+++ b/app/src/components/v-form/form-field.vue
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		<small class="note" v-if="field.meta && field.meta.note" v-html="marked(field.meta.note)" />
 
 		<small class="validation-error" v-if="validationError">
-			{{ $t(`validationError.${validationError.type}`, validationError) }}
+			{{ validationMessage }}
 		</small>
 	</div>
 </template>
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import FormFieldInterface from './form-field-interface.vue';
 import { ValidationError } from './types';
 import { getJSType } from '@/utils/get-js-type';
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash';
+import { i18n } from '@/lang';
 
 export default defineComponent({
 	components: { FormFieldLabel, FormFieldMenu, FormFieldInterface },
@@ -133,7 +134,15 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
 		const { showRaw, rawValue } = useRaw();
 
-		return { isDisabled, marked, _value, emitValue, showRaw, rawValue };
+		const validationMessage = computed(() => {
+			if (props.validationError.code === 'RECORD_NOT_UNIQUE') {
+				return i18n.t('validationError.unique');
+			} else {
+				return i18n.t(`validationError.${props.validationError.type}`, props.validationError);
+			}
+		});
+
+		return { isDisabled, marked, _value, emitValue, showRaw, rawValue, validationMessage };
 
 		function emitValue(value: any) {
 			if (
diff --git a/app/src/components/v-form/types.ts b/app/src/components/v-form/types.ts
index 0ea885e714..8a2f8932a2 100644
--- a/app/src/components/v-form/types.ts
+++ b/app/src/components/v-form/types.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type FormField = DeepPartial<Field> & {
 };
 
 export type ValidationError = {
+	code: string;
 	field: string;
 	type: FilterOperator;
 	valid?: number | string | (number | string)[];
diff --git a/app/src/composables/use-item/use-item.ts b/app/src/composables/use-item/use-item.ts
index 00ba8c316a..1e0efb67a5 100644
--- a/app/src/composables/use-item/use-item.ts
+++ b/app/src/composables/use-item/use-item.ts
@@ -110,14 +110,16 @@ export function useItem(collection: Ref<string>, primaryKey: Ref<string | number
 			return response.data.data;
 		} catch (err) {
 			if (err?.response?.data?.errors) {
+				const validationTypes = ['FAILED_VALIDATION', 'RECORD_NOT_UNIQUE'];
+
 				validationErrors.value = err.response.data.errors
-					.filter((err: APIError) => err?.extensions?.code === 'FAILED_VALIDATION')
+					.filter((err: APIError) => validationTypes.includes(err?.extensions?.code))
 					.map((err: APIError) => {
 						return err.extensions;
 					});
 
 				const otherErrors = err.response.data.errors.filter(
-					(err: APIError) => err?.extensions?.code !== 'FAILED_VALIDATION'
+					(err: APIError) => validationTypes.includes(err?.extensions?.code) === false
 				);
 
 				if (otherErrors.length > 0) {
diff --git a/app/src/lang/translations/en-US.yaml b/app/src/lang/translations/en-US.yaml
index e348ccf6e0..af4dc8702e 100644
--- a/app/src/lang/translations/en-US.yaml
+++ b/app/src/lang/translations/en-US.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ validationError:
   null: Value has to be null
   nnull: Value can't be null
   required: Value is required
+  unique: Value has to be unique
 all_access: All Access
 no_access: No Access
 use_custom: Use Custom
@@ -390,6 +391,7 @@ errors:
   ITEM_LIMIT_REACHED: Item limit reached
   ITEM_NOT_FOUND: Item not found
   ROUTE_NOT_FOUND: Not found
+  RECORD_NOT_UNIQUE: Duplicate value detected
   UNKNOWN: Unexpected Error
 value_hashed: Value Securely Hashed
 bookmark_name: Bookmark name...
diff --git a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/components/schema.vue b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/components/schema.vue
index 1b866468bb..0a102929b8 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/components/schema.vue
+++ b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/components/schema.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <template>
 	<div>
-
 		<div class="form">
 			<div class="field">
 				<div class="label type-label">
@@ -139,6 +138,16 @@
 					block
 				/>
 			</div>
+
+			<div class="field half-right" v-if="fieldData.schema">
+				<div class="label type-label">{{ $t('unique') }}</div>
+				<v-checkbox
+					:input-value="fieldData.schema.is_unique"
+					@change="fieldData.schema.is_unique = $event"
+					:label="$t('value_unique')"
+					block
+				/>
+			</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 </template>
diff --git a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/store.ts b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/store.ts
index 90940bce2f..d532c563a3 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/store.ts
+++ b/app/src/modules/settings/routes/data-model/field-detail/store.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ function initLocalStore(collection: string, field: string, type: typeof localTyp
 				default_value: undefined,
 				max_length: undefined,
 				is_nullable: true,
+				is_unique: false,
 				numeric_precision: null,
 				numeric_scale: null,
 			},