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claireu
May 02, 2019Copper Contributor
Need help to retrieve responses from a deleted question in Microsoft Forms
Hi, I accidentally deleted a question in Microsoft Forms and it deleted all the responses as well. I badly need help in having them retrieved for data analysis. I tried to do the CONTROL + Z ...
wroot
May 03, 2019Silver Contributor
If you are just a user, you can't. You should ask your admin to file a support ticket with Microsoft.
- He1diMay 31, 2019Brass Contributor
We've stumbled into this same problem at work. It's really baffling to see, how easy it is to do such permanent damage in MS Forms. We were already planning to move majority of our surveys to Forms, but I think we need to reconsider. Not all employees who work with the surveys have good enough IT-skills to avoid pitfalls like this. The service should definitely warn a user if they are about to do something that can result in permanent data losses.
- Paul NooneMay 20, 2020Copper ContributorCouldn’t agree more. And why isn’t there version control and a publish option as with PowerApps??