{"id":69635,"date":"2019-04-15T22:57:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T05:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/?p=69635"},"modified":"2025-03-20T02:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:17:22","slug":"limit-survey-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/limit-survey-responses\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Limit Responses in Your Survey and Forms?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are an organization looking to offer rewards in exchange for feedback or just need to hear from a particular person once, then you will want to keep things fair for everyone by making sure that respondents can\u2019t take your survey multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today’s article, we will explain how you can limit the number of responses in your surveys and forms using the QuestionPro survey software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

If you are a QuestionPro user, there are two ways you can apply to stop a person from taking a survey more than once.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Go to <\/span>Edit \u00bb Settings \u00bb<\/b> scroll down to multiple responding and select the \u201c<\/span>Only allow the survey to be taken once (prevents ballot box stuffing)\u201d button.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. If you are using custom variables in the survey URL, then you can prevent them from taking the survey multiples times by turning on \u201cUse a custom variable to identify responses\u201d and selecting the variable number being used in the survey URL.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The end result will be that when a person has completed the survey, they can no longer access the URL link to retake it.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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    The message a respondent will see when they are attempting to retake a survey that has multiple responding disabled:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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    \"stop<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

    To learn more about multiple responses per responses and how to apply security settings, reach out to our <\/span>sales team<\/span><\/a> and we\u2019ll be happy to answer all of your survey setting questions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    LEARN ABOUT:<\/strong> Anonymous Surveys<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Quota Management to Control the Number of Responses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    QuestionPro’s survey software allows you to limit the number of responses to your survey using quota controls. If you only need to collect a limited number of responses for your research, you can set response quotas at the survey level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To limit the total responses for a survey,<\/p>\n\n\n\n