How to add readonly fields in Google Forms?

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This is a common question from people who send pre-filled forms. For example, you might fill in a patient's name and insurance ID from your records and those details have to stay correct when the form comes back. In Google Forms, people can change any answer you prefilled and no setting locks or hides a question, so one wrong edit ends up in your records. Google Forms does not support readonly fields, but you can use Formfacade to change the appearance from editable to readonly for any question type. Your patients will see that value as plain text that they cannot change. Even better, its value is recorded with the response, so what you filled in comes back the way you sent it.

Let's start. Create your form and follow the steps below.

How to make a field read-only in Google Forms?

On the page that opens, name your form, click Create form and click Proceed.
Once you create the form, you will land on the form's "Edit" tab. If it asks "Do you want to prefill this form and send them as email to your contacts?", click No.

In the Edit page, click on the field, then click on the gear icon
Field settings page will be displayed
Click Answer
Change the Appearance to readonly
Click Save

When your customer opens the prefill link, the field shows your value as plain text that they cannot change. Its value is recorded with the response. To fill in the value for each customer, read How to create a secure prefill link for Google Forms?

To keep the field off the form, change the Appearance to hidden. Read How to add hidden fields in Google Forms?

Summary

If you fill in details from your records, they have to stay correct and Google Forms does not support readonly fields. With Formfacade, you change the appearance of the field from editable to readonly or hidden and what you filled in comes back the way you sent it. Create your form and complete the steps above.