Forms Requires Sign In

[dlars95]

Last year we created a form for our membership. But it required people to sign in to a gmail account to fill it out. The form does not have the option "Requires Sign in" checked, so what happened? We need a form that does not require sign in as our membership is elderly and many do not have gmail accounts. Do we need to give up on Google forms?

[mcpssgoogleapps]

Are you collecting email addresses - either under Settings > Responses or Settings > Default? I believe those will require them to sign into a Google account.

[atillam6]

No, no emails collected.  No restrictions, still it is asking them to sign in.

[KAM]

@dlars95 or using file uploads? -KAM

[coreynelson1]

Hi - Is this still true for all three of these settings?

[Mr_Shane]

Hi there,

Since Forms have been updated, heres the latest information:

The form will require respondents to login if ANY of the following are true:

• "General access > Responder view" is set to "Restricted" and the user trying to access the form has been added to the "People with access" but has not logged into their Google/Gmail account when accessing the form.
• The form has a file upload question.
• "Collect email addresses" is set to "Verified". Note: This setting will capture the respondents Gmail/Google email address.
• "Allow response editing" is enabled.
• "Limit to 1 response" is enabled.
• "Disable auto-save for all respondents" is disabled.
• For Workspace accounts (NOT personal gmail accounts): "Restrict to users in {yourdomain܂com}" is enabled.

To allow public access to the form without requiring respondents to login, ALL of the following must be true:

• "General access > Responder view" is set to "Anyone with the link"
• The form doesn't have any file upload questions.
• "Collect email addresses" is NOT set to "Verified". Note: If "Collect email addresses" is set to "Responder input", the respondent can manually enter an email address.
• "Allow response editing" is disabled.
• "Limit to 1 response" is disabled.
• "Disable auto-save for all respondents" is enabled.
• For Workspace accounts (NOT personal gmail accounts): "Restrict to users in {yourdomain܂com}" is disabled.

Screenshots of settings that should allow (anonymous) responses without login: