May 18, 2021

User can't edit Google form submission

The settings are correct. I have it checked that the user can edit her form submission, but she can't. She said she never got an email with an edit form link. Is that essential? Is there a way I can get that link to give her? Please don't send me this link: https://alicekeeler.com/2019/07/17/google-forms-finish-filling-out-later/ That looks like I'd have to recreate my form all over again and that would take hours.

I just did install an add-on that supposedly sends the email. It's called Form Confirmation Emails. If she submits the form again now, will she get the edit link?

But isn't that something Google should be doing? I was not collecting email addresses. Is that the problem? Is that essential for them to get the link to edit? Then make it required please.

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Gill K

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Jun 12, 2021

Hi Katandmouse,

No collecting email addresses is not required to be able to edit responses, but the individual submitting the form does need to save the link to their response at the time of submission. This is created after submission by clicking on the "Edit your response" link - see below.

That link can then be used to edit your response immediately, or at a later time, if the form still permits it.

If you had collected email addresses, then you do have the extra option of sending responders a confirmation email of their responses, and this includes the link to edit their response, if you've enabled that. See below:

To maintain the anonymity features of Google Forms, there can't be any way for you to identify the responder from the spreadsheet end, unless they had agreed to submitting their email address, so there is no way (that I know of) from your end to give them the link to their response after the fact.

In the scenario where you are NOT collecting email addresses, it certainly could be clearer to the respondents that they need to save the link immediately, if they want the option to edit their response at some point in the future. To submit this as an enhancement request, use the Help - Help Sheets improve menu option, to sirect your feedback to Google designers.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Gill

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