Contact form 7 default option print as selected value in mail

Question

[select my_select class:input class:styled "Select Options"   
"Option 1" "Option 2" "Option 3" "Option 4"]

Question:

How to prevent printing 'Select Options' if user not selected any options in receiving email? If user select first option ('Select Options'),it should not print as 'Select Options' in mail.

Answer 1

Change your select tag to the following

[select my_select class:input class:styled include_blank "Option 1" "Option 2" "Option 3" "Option 4"]

The first option will have "---" as the text and a blank value, <option value="">---</option>

If you want to replace the text "---" with "Select Options" add the following code to functions.php

function my_wpcf7_form_elements($html) {
    $text = 'Select Option';
    $html = str_replace('---',  $text , $html);
    return $html;
}
add_filter('wpcf7_form_elements', 'my_wpcf7_form_elements');