Nothing you delete disappears straight away. Forms and submissions go to Trash in the sidebar, where they stay restorable for 30 days. After that they're permanently deleted and there is no way to get them back.
Delete a form#
- Go to Home.
- Open the Actions menu at the end of the form's row.
- Select Move to Trash.
- Confirm with Move to Trash.
The form comes off the air immediately — its public link stops working — and its submissions go to Trash with it.
Delete a submission#
Open the form's Submissions tab, then either choose Delete from a row's Actions menu, or tick several rows and use Delete selected. Either way the submissions land in Trash.
Restore something#
- Select Trash in the sidebar.
- Use All, Forms, or Submissions to narrow the list — each pill shows how many items it holds.
- Find the item. Every row says what it is and when it went in — Form · Deleted 4 seconds ago.
- Select Restore.
You'll see Form restored. and the item is back where it was. Restoring a form also brings back the submissions that were deleted along with it — but not a submission you had already deleted separately beforehand. That one stays in Trash and you restore it on its own.
Delete something permanently#
If you want it gone now rather than in 30 days, open the ⋯ menu at the end of the row and choose Delete forever. To clear everything at once, use Empty Trash at the top right; it asks Permanently delete N items? and warns This cannot be undone. Both are immediate and irreversible — there's no second Trash behind the first.
Permanently deleting a form takes its submissions with it, and you lose the files people uploaded too. If you might want those, save them before you empty the Trash.
If Restore says you've hit your form limit#
Your plan caps how many forms you can have, and a restored form counts toward it. If you're already at the cap, Maxforms shows Form Limit Reached — You're using 3 of 3 forms on your current plan — with an Upgrade Plan button. Either upgrade, or move another form to Trash to free a slot and try the restore again. Restoring a submission is never capped.
If you can't find what you deleted#
Check the filter pills first — All shows both kinds, and a submission won't be there if you were looking at Forms. If it's genuinely missing, the 30 days are up. One thing never reaches Trash at all: partial submissions are deleted outright after 30 days of inactivity, so there's nothing to restore.