Aug 16, 2023

Google Contact Labels (groups) don't show up anymore in email field anymore

When trying to send a Google Form to a Label (email group in Google Contacts), the recipients don't pop up when I type in the Label name. And DON'T tell me to send a link because the benefit of having all the emails is to track who has and hasn't completed the form. I am using the Education Suite as a teacher and need to keep track and send email reminders. Bring this feature back!
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Aug 16, 2023
Hello,

It appears that this way of sending a Form has been removed.  I am not able to find any specific information in Google's support site but this site, https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/30970?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop#zippy=%2Cemail-a-group%2Ccreate-or-edit-groups, does not list using a group label inside Forms as an option.  In order to send your Form to a group, you will need to use Gmail by pasting the URL link from the Forms' Send menu into an email and then you can use the Group label in the To: area of the email.

I would encourage you to send this problem to the developers by selecting the  Support Button in the lower right-hand corner of the Forms window. Although they aren't able to respond to feature requests directly, feedback submitted there will go directly to the development team. This forum is staffed (almost) exclusively by volunteers, even the Product Experts are all volunteers, so unless you submit in-product feedback it is very unlikely to be seen by the people who can make that decision.
 
I hope this helps!
 
Adam
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Aug 16, 2023
Hello,

It appears that this way of sending a Form has been removed.  I am not able to find any specific information in Google's support site but this site, https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/30970?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop#zippy=%2Cemail-a-group%2Ccreate-or-edit-groups, does not list using a group label inside Forms as an option.  In order to send your Form to a group, you will need to use Gmail by pasting the URL link from the Forms' Send menu into an email and then you can use the Group label in the To: area of the email.

I would encourage you to send this problem to the developers by selecting the  Support Button in the lower right-hand corner of the Forms window. Although they aren't able to respond to feature requests directly, feedback submitted there will go directly to the development team. This forum is staffed (almost) exclusively by volunteers, even the Product Experts are all volunteers, so unless you submit in-product feedback it is very unlikely to be seen by the people who can make that decision.
 
I hope this helps!
 
Adam
Diamond PE Docs volunteer
Silver PE Classroom volunteer
Cert. Educator 1 & 2
Cert. Trainer
(not a Google employee)
 
When you've received a response that answers your question, please observe these forum courtesies:
 • If you had a Sheets problem, leave your demo sheet shared as View Only as part of this solution's archive,
 • Click Recommend on the post that best addressed your question, and
 • Post again soon!
Diamond Product Expert GarthRaiziel recommended this
Oct 19, 2023
This is a very poor choice on their part.  I would like an explanation.
Aug 28, 2023
This is an awful state of affairs.  Why in the world would this extremely useful feature be removed?  I am frustrated beyond belief. 
Sep 26, 2023
By removing this feature I cannot just send a reminder to those who did not respond and it has to go to the entire group again.  This is not helpful at all!
Oct 23, 2023
this not helpful
Nov 13, 2023
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