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 Moreand then 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.

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 More and then Unlink form Unlink .
  4. Click Unlink.
 

Delete a form or responses

Tip: If you keep responses in a spreadsheet, you'll have a separate file in Google Drive. You can delete the spreadsheet or the form without deleting the other connected file.

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 More and then Delete all responses Delete .
  4. Click OK.

Delete individual responses 

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

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

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