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Turn off "Save the response"
Hello everyone, is it possible to turn off the feature "Save the response"?
- Thanks for your feedbacks. Forms has added the setting to control the save response option. You should be able to view the change very soon.
DingkunXie
Microsoft
Microsoft
A clarification of this new feature, the responder does not actually save their responses under their account. Instead, they receive a page link that points to their submitted response, which they can save. The responses are still saved in the form owner's storage. I had a reply about this complaint in another thread, which I've pasted here for awareness - "Here's an update on the latest progress. The product team has decided to adjust the wording of the 'Save the response' and 'Save and edit later' buttons and will no longer mention that responses will remain anonymous. We hope this change will address some users' needs for collecting user information through the 'Anyone can respond' form. We expect this change to be deployed to production in the next few weeks. As for another type of feedback requesting a setting to enable/disable the 'Save the response' feature for form owners, the product team is aware of this need and is currently discussing possible changes. We anticipate having discussion results in the next few weeks."
One of the horrible things about this implementation is that when you click the link it asks you to log in or create an account. It seems like in order to save it you NEED an account. If this is your way to have folks create AD accounts, it is TERRIBLE!
You should give the form author to disable the feature on each form, that would be great. If you FIX the UI so that if you enable the feature it lets you know that you should save the link and it doesn't actually put a copy in your AD account, that would be great too. Or does it? You shouldn't have to guess on these things, and based on the justifiied comments, this needs to be revisited asap. We are trying to avoid this by using OLD forms.
You should give the form author to disable the feature on each form, that would be great. If you FIX the UI so that if you enable the feature it lets you know that you should save the link and it doesn't actually put a copy in your AD account, that would be great too. Or does it? You shouldn't have to guess on these things, and based on the justifiied comments, this needs to be revisited asap. We are trying to avoid this by using OLD forms.
The problem is having to log in or create an account. In our environment, this immediately triggers a data security breach incident, making the use of Forms totally unviable.
GideonHuangKProutyGLSS Thanks all of you for reaching out to us with your concerns and feedbacks. The purpose of logging in or creating an account after clicking the button is to enable respondents to easily recheck their responses. By logging into their account and accessing their MRU, respondents can conveniently find their previously submitted responses. The feature does not copy the response data into the respondent's account, it's only a link. To alleviate any confusion surrounding this process, the team is actively working on a new design to provide a clearer experience.
- " a new design to provide a clearer experience."?
Just let us hide the button. Please.- amen!
- Yes this is not a helpful feature 😞
GideonHuang after a few explanations, I can see how in a niche situation this feature might be useful. the problem is it was turned on and has no option to disable it. no amount of UI wording or explaining defends the decision to have this feature that is confusing, difficult to use, and has no use except for off handed situations. this should be tied to the ability to edit responses, IF you allow users to edit responses, enable this feature. if form submission is a one and done, get rid of it.
