diff --git a/arches/management/commands/graph.py b/arches/management/commands/graph.py
index f77dfe4fa3..8a57fd9523 100644
--- a/arches/management/commands/graph.py
+++ b/arches/management/commands/graph.py
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-from arches.app.models.graph import Graph
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.db import connection, transaction
+from django.db import connection, models, transaction
+from arches.app.models.graph import Graph
+from arches.app.models.models import Node, Widget
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -34,9 +35,14 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
     def add_arguments(self, parser):
         parser.add_argument(
-            "operation",
+            "-o",
+            "--operation",
             nargs="?",
-            choices=["publish", "create_editable_future_graphs"],
+            choices=[
+                "publish",
+                "create_editable_future_graphs",
+                "migrate_string_nodes_to_nonlocalized",
+            ],
             help="""
             Operation Type
                 'publish' publishes resource models indicated using the --graphs arg.
@@ -53,6 +59,14 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser):
             default=False,
             help="A comma separated list of graphids to which an operation will be applied.",
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "-n",
+            "--nodes",
+            action="store",
+            dest="nodes",
+            default=False,
+            help="A comma separated list of node aliases to which an operation will be applied.",
+        )
         parser.add_argument(
             "-u",
             "--username",
@@ -94,6 +108,24 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
         if options["operation"] == "create_editable_future_graphs":
             self.create_editable_future_graphs()
 
+        if options["operation"] == "migrate_string_nodes_to_nonlocalized":
+            source_graphids = [graph.graphid for graph in self.graphs]
+            self.future_graphs = Graph.objects.filter(
+                source_identifier__in=source_graphids
+            )
+
+            if options["nodes"]:
+                node_aliases = [alias.strip() for alias in options["nodes"].split(",")]
+                self.nodes = Node.objects.filter(
+                    graph__in=[graph.pk for graph in self.future_graphs],
+                    alias__in=node_aliases,
+                    datatype="string",
+                ).prefetch_related("cardxnodexwidget_set")
+            else:
+                raise CommandError("No node aliases provided.")
+
+            self.migrate_string_nodes_to_nonlocalized()
+
     def create_editable_future_graphs(self):
         print("\nBEGIN Create editable_future_graphs...")
 
@@ -140,3 +172,60 @@ def publish(self, username):
                     "update resource_instances r set graphpublicationid = publicationid from graphs g where r.graphid = g.graphid and g.graphid in %s;",
                     (graphids,),
                 )
+
+    def migrate_string_nodes_to_nonlocalized(self):
+        NON_LOCALIZED_STRING_WIDGET = Widget.objects.get(
+            name="non-localized-text-widget"
+        )
+
+        with transaction.atomic():
+            for node in self.nodes:
+                node.datatype = "non-localized-string"
+                node.full_clean()
+                node.save()
+
+                cross_records = node.cardxnodexwidget_set.annotate(
+                    updated_config=models.F("config")
+                )
+
+                for cross_record in cross_records:
+                    cross_record.config = {}
+                    cross_record.save()
+
+                    original_default_value = cross_record.updated_config.get(
+                        "defaultValue", None
+                    )
+                    if original_default_value:
+                        new_default_value = original_default_value["en"]["value"]
+                        cross_record.updated_config["defaultValue"] = new_default_value
+
+                    original_widgth = cross_record.updated_config.get("width", None)
+                    if original_widgth:
+                        reformatted_width = original_widgth.replace("%", "") + "%"
+                        cross_record.updated_config["width"] = reformatted_width
+
+                    cross_record.config = cross_record.updated_config
+                    cross_record.widget = NON_LOCALIZED_STRING_WIDGET
+                    cross_record.full_clean()
+                    cross_record.save()
+
+        # Refetch updated future graphs (and their updated nodes on the graph proxy model instance)
+        future_graphs = Graph.objects.filter(
+            pk__in=[future_graph.pk for future_graph in self.future_graphs]
+        )
+        for future_graph in future_graphs:
+            source_graph = Graph.objects.get(pk=future_graph.source_identifier_id)
+            updated_source_graph = source_graph.update_from_editable_future_graph(
+                editable_future_graph=future_graph
+            )
+            editable_future_graph = updated_source_graph.create_editable_future_graph()
+            updated_source_graph.publish(
+                notes="Migrated selected string nodes to non-localized string nodes"
+            )
+
+            self.stdout.write(
+                "The following nodes for the {0} graph have been successfully migrated to non-localized string datatype: {1}".format(
+                    updated_source_graph.name,
+                    ", ".join([node.alias for node in self.nodes]),
+                )
+            )