View and manage form responses
You can view and restrict replies to a form with Google Forms.
View responses
You can see responses to your form in 4 ways:
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top of the form, click Responses.
- Click Summary.
See answers by person or, if you allowed people to submit the form more than once, by submission.
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top of the form, click Responses.
- Click Individual.
- To move between responses, click Previous
or Next
.
Note: To select from a list of responses, click the Down arrow .
Easily see all responses in a spreadsheet.
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top of the form, click Responses.
- At the top right, click Spreadsheet
.
To see a video tutorial about sorting Google Forms responses into different tabs in Google Sheets, visit our Help Forum.
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top of the form, click Responses.
- Click More
Download responses (.csv).
Manage responses
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top, click RESPONSES.
- Turn "Accepting responses" from On to Off.
After you've turned this off, you'll see a message in the "Responses" tab that says "Not accepting responses."
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top, click Responses.
- Click More
.
- Click Get email notifications for new responses.
Record the email addresses from people who fill out your form. When someone takes your survey, they will be required to enter their email address before they submit the form.
If you use a Google account through work or school, respondents will see a message at the top explaining that their username will be collected automatically.
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- In the top right, click Settings
.
- Check the box next to "Collect email address."
If your form creates charts in your "Responses" section, you can copy and paste them into other files.
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- Click Responses.
- At the top right of a chart, click Copy
.
- Paste the chart wherever you would like.
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