Availability, dates and response limits

Settings → Availability: “Choose when respondents can submit this form, and how many responses it accepts.”

Setting	What it does
Allow form submissions	The main switch. “When disabled, public visitors cannot view or submit this form.” Use it to pause a form without unpublishing it.
Opens at	Date and time the form starts accepting responses. “Leave empty to open as soon as it is published.”
Closes at	Date and time it stops. “Leave empty to keep it open.”
Response limit	The most responses the form accepts. No limit by default. Example: 100 seats for a workshop.
Show how many places are left	Shows respondents the remaining count, such as “12 places left” (or “1 place left”). Only with a response limit.
Message before it opens	Shown before Opens at. Default: “This form is not open yet.”
Message when closed or full	Shown after Closes at or once the limit is reached. Default: “This form has closed.”

Times are in your own time zone when you set them, and respondents everywhere are cut off at the same moment.

The limit is enforced on the server, so two people submitting at the same time can’t push the form past it.

Dashboard reminders

When a form is close to its Closes at time, or has reached its Response limit, it appears under Needs attention on the Dashboard.

Common setups

Goal	Settings
Event registration with 50 seats	Response limit 50, Show how many places are left on, Closes at the day before the event
Applications open 1–31 March	Opens at 1 March 09:00, Closes at 31 March 23:59
Pause a form temporarily	Turn off Allow form submissions
Reopen a full form	Raise the Response limit, then Publish