To give form creators more control over who can respond, we're introducing granular controls for responders. Forms created with the API after January 31, 2026 will have an unpublished state by default. To learn more, see API changes to Google Forms.
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With the introduction of the granular control options for who can respond to
Google Forms, forms need to be published before sharing with responders. To
make sure that existing scripts don't break, today API created forms are published
by default. However, to align with the product experience in the UI, forms
created by API after January 31, 2026, will be created in an unpublished state
and you must publish the forms before they can accept responses.
What happens if you do nothing
If no action is taken, then new forms created using APIs after January 31, 2026,
will be in an unpublished state by default and won't receive responses.
What changes do you need to make
Forms created by API after January 31, 2026, will be created in an
unpublished state. Going forward, you will need to explicitly publish the forms
created by API by using the forms.setPublishedSettings() method.
To test publishing a form, first create a form in an unpublished state using the
forms.create() method.
Then publish the form with the forms.setPublishSettings() method.
You can control who responds to your form by sharing it with specific users. The permissions.create method can be used to share the form with responders. Refer
to Share your form with more responders for more details.
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