Sharing & Publishing
Scheduled close
Close your form immediately or schedule it to stop accepting submissions on a specific date.
How it works
In Form settings → Submissions, toggle Close submissions now or at a scheduled date.
- Close immediately — turn the switch on and leave the date empty. The form stops accepting submissions right away and stays closed until you re-open it.
- Schedule a close — pick a date in the Close at a specific date picker that appears below the toggle. The form stays open until then, and closes on its own.
Clearing the date while the toggle is on closes the form immediately. While a close is scheduled, the form’s status badge in the toolbar reads “Unpublishes” followed by that date.
What closing does
Closing is a submission gate, not an unpublish. The form stays published and its share links stay valid.
- New visitors see “This form is closed” — “This form is not accepting new responses.”
- Respondents who already started are blocked at submit too. A close is a deadline, so a tab left open past it can’t slip a response through.
- Abandoned-response reminder emails stop going out for that form.
Re-opening
Turn the close switch off in Form settings → Submissions. The scheduled date is cleared with it — set a new one if you want the form to close again automatically.
Use cases
- Application windows — close when the deadline passes
- Limited-time campaigns — auto-close at the end of a promotion
- RSVPs — close 24h before the event
Combine with share link limits
Want “first 100 respondents, and only until Friday”? Turn on Limit response slots on the share link as well — see response limits. Whichever hits first closes the form to new respondents.