# Show a message or redirect after someone submits

> Choose what respondents see after they press Submit, a thank-you message you write or a page on your own site.

After a respondent submits, Maxforms either shows a message on the form page or sends them to a URL you choose. Both live on the form's **Settings** tab under **After submission**; the default is a thank-you message.

![The After submission group on the Settings tab, showing Action After Submit set to Show Success Message, the Success Message editor, and Submit Button Text](/docs-assets/building-forms/after-someone-submits-1.png)

## Show a thank-you message

1. Open the form's **Settings** tab.
2. Under **After submission**, set **Action After Submit** to **Show Success Message**.
3. Write your message in the **Success Message** field.
4. Select **Save changes**.

Selecting **Save changes** applies it immediately to your live form; you don't need to publish again for a settings change like this to take effect.

![The public thank-you screen a respondent sees after submitting the form](/docs-assets/building-forms/after-someone-submits-2.png)

## Send them to your own page

1. Under **After submission**, set **Action After Submit** to **Redirect to URL**.
2. In **Redirect URL**, enter a full address starting with `http://` or `https://`. A blank or partial address blocks **Save changes** with a validation message.
3. Select **Save changes**.

Respondents land on that page instead of seeing a message on your form.

## Change the button text

Under **After submission**, set **Submit Button Text** to whatever you want the button to say. It shows **Submit** until you change it.

## If respondents still see the default message, then check the action and save

1. Confirm **Action After Submit** is still set to **Show Success Message** and your text is in **Success Message**.
2. Confirm you selected **Save changes** after writing it; typing a message without saving leaves the old one live.
3. If you've never selected **Publish** for this form, there's no live form yet for anyone to submit to.

## If the redirect does not happen, then check where the form is embedded

A form embedded with the Maxforms embed script sends the respondent's browser to your redirect URL. A plain `<iframe>` pointed at your form's URL, without the embed script, can't navigate the page around it, so the respondent sees the success message inside the iframe instead. See [Embed your form in your website](/sharing-embedding/embed-in-your-site) for the supported embed methods.