You can view and restrict replies to a form withGoogle Forms.
View responses
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top, click Responses.
- In the “Summary” tab, you can find the list of people who responded to your form.
Tip: The “Summary” tab displays on a form only when there’s one or more responses.
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top, click Responses
Summary.
Summary.Tip: The “Summary” tab displays on a form only when there’s one or more responses.
Find 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 Individual.
- To move between responses, click Previous or Next .
or Next 
.Tip: To select from a list of responses, click the Down arrow 
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View all responses in a spreadsheet
Easily find all responses in a spreadsheet.
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top of the form, click Responses.
- At the top right, click View in Sheets .
.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.
Download all responses as a CSV file
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top of the form, click Responses.
- Click More Download responses (.csv).
Manage responses
Turn response notifications on or off
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top of the form, click Responses.
- Click More .
- Click Get email notifications for new responses.
.Tip: To get more notifications options and send customized follow up emails to respondents, download the Form notifications add-on.
Block messages from responders
Responders can contact you with questions or feedback. Learn how responders can contact a form owner.
To block a responder so that they don't send more messages, at the bottom of the email with their feedback, click Block the sender.
More options
Responders can access the published forms, but you can also manage to stop accepting responses and responders get a message “The form is no longer accepting response” or a custom message.
- In a published form, at the top right, click Published .
- Turn off Accepting responses.
- Optional: To edit the message shown to the responder, click Edit.
- Click Save.
.Tip: You can’t accept responses in unpublished forms.
Collect respondents' email addresses
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.
Collect verified emails
Important: Respondents must confirm their Google Account email address gets collected with their response. The confirmation displays on each page of the form.
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top, click Settings.
- Next to “Responses,” click the Down arrow .
- Under "Collect email addresses," select Verified.
.Collect emails manually
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top, click Settings.
- Next to “Responses,” click the Down arrow .
- Under "Collect email addresses," select Responder input.
Copy and paste charts from Google Forms
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.
.Tip:If you copy and paste a chart into Google Docs, Slides, or Drawings, you can update the chart directly from the doc, presentation, or drawing as long as you have edit access to thedoc, presentation, or drawing, and the form.
If you collect responder emails, you can choose whether respondents get a copy of their answers.
- Open a form in Google Forms.
- At the top of the form, click Settings.
- To turn on "Collect email addresses," select an option:
- Verified for verified email collection
- Responder entry for manual email collection
- Next to “Responses,” click the Down arrow .
- Next to “Send responders a copy of their response,” select When requested or Always.
Tip: In certain circumstances, responders may not receive expected response receipts due to spam filters or other counter-abuse measures.
Learn more about response limits on Forms
If certain features in your form don’t work as expected, it might be because it has a large number of responses. These limits ensure Forms work reliably for all users. Your form continues to receive responses, which you can download in a CSV file.
- If you don’t find the response summary, it can be because your form has more than 50,000 responses.
- If your form’s responses aren’t synced with Sheets, it can be because your form has more than 100,000 responses.
- If you download your responses in a CSV file and the responses aren’t sorted by the timestamp when users submit them, it can be because your form has more than 10,000 responses.
- If you don’t find the question or individual view for responses in Forms, it can be because your form has more than 10,000 responses.
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