Save your respondent's time by pre-populating questions with data you already have. If you already know someone's name or email address, you can just feed the data into your form and add it as the default answer.

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Add a default answer

You can pre-fill all input fields with text or numerical values (except for payment and file upload blocks). If a respondent submits your form without changing the pre-populated answers, these will be included in their form submission.

To add a default answer:

1. Click ⠿ on the left of your input block
2. Switch on the Default answer toggle
3. Type a custom default answer or choose the value you want to pre-fill from the dropdown menu. You can insert data from:
   • Input fields
   • Hidden fields
   • Calculated fields

<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" width="40px" /> If you want to add an example text to your input field that disappears when respondents type their answers, use the placeholder text instead.

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