Choose where to save form responses

When you send a form, you can gather the responses inside the form or separately in Google Sheets.

Choose where to store responses

1. Open a form in Google Forms.
2. In the top left under “Responses,” click Summary.
3. In the top right, click More  Select response destination.
4. Choose an option: 
   • Create a new spreadsheet: Creates a spreadsheet for responses in Google Sheets
   • Select existing spreadsheet: Choose from your existing spreadsheets in Google Sheets to store responses
5. Click Create or Select.

Important: If you’ve shared a form with a collaborator, they may also have access to the form’s linked spreadsheet. If you want to remove a collaborator, you'll have to remove them from the form and the spreadsheet separately.

Tip: You can find the response spreadsheet in the Google Sheets homescreen, the Google Sheets app, or in Google Drive.

Unlink a spreadsheet from your form

1. Open a form in Google Forms.
2. In the top left under “Responses,” click Summary.
3. In the top right, click More   Unlink form .
4. Click Unlink.

Delete a form or responses

Tip: If you keep responses in a spreadsheet, you have a separate file in Google Drive. You can delete the spreadsheet or the form without deleting the other connected file. If you delete any responses in a form, it can't be undone.

Delete all responses from a form

1. Open a form in Google Forms.
2. In the top left under “Responses,” click Summary.
3. In the top right, click More   Delete all responses .
4. Click OK.

Delete individual responses 

1. Open a form in Google Forms.
2. At the top left under “Responses,” click Individual.
3. Click Previous or Next to find the response you want to delete.
4. Click Delete OK.

Tip: If you store responses in Google Sheets, deleting a response from the form or sheet will not affect the other.