Trash & restore
A deleted form moves to Trash for 30 days. Restore it from there, or delete it for good.
What happens when you delete a form
The form moves to Trash with its submissions and analytics. Formstep also:
- revokes its share links, so links and embeds stop working;
- cancels its pending requests, and tells the workflow that sent them. Restoring the form does not bring them back.
A form in Trash cannot be edited or published.
Deleted folders
Deleting a folder moves its forms here.
Opening Trash
Click Trash in the sidebar. Each deleted form shows the folder it was in, if any, when it was deleted and by whom, and how many days it has left.
Restoring a form
Click Restore on the form, or check several forms and click Restore in the toolbar. The dialog picks the folder the form was in; pick another folder or Home if you like, then click Restore to …. The form comes back with its submissions. Its share links stay revoked: open Public link and click Re-activate on each link you want back.
Deleting permanently
Delete forever, on the form’s row or in the toolbar for the forms you checked, removes the form with its submissions, analytics, and files. Empty trash does this for every form in Trash. Forms in Trash count toward your storage until they are gone.
Permanent deletion is irreversible
Export anything you want to keep first.
Automatic cleanup
Forms are deleted for good after 30 days in Trash. On Free, a form that has been idle for a year also moves here on its own, after a warning email; see idle forms.