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title: Can I add a progress bar to my form?  | Paperform Help Center | Paperform
description: You can add a progress bar in Theme & Appearance → UI Elements → Pagination Buttons → Pagination Style, and choose Progress Bar
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Can I add a progress bar to my form?
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You can add a progress bar to your form from the theme editor. When editing your form, click Theme & Appearance → UI Elements → Pagination Buttons → Pagination Style, and choose "Progress Bar."

This progress bar will indicate respondents' progress through a paginated form. This will have no effect if your form is only a single page.

![Selecting "Progress Bar" under Pagination Style](https://img.paperform.co/fetch/f_auto,w_1400/https://d3gw2uv1ch7vdq.cloudfront.net/img/updated-standard-mode-progress-bar.png)

### Adding a progress bar in Guided Mode (one-at-a-time)

Progress bars appear differently when [Guided Mode](https://paperform.co/help/articles/guided-mode-overview/) is enabled. The progress bar will show at the top of the form rather than between the back and next arrows.

To enable a progress bar for Guided Mode:

 1. Navigate to Theme & Appearance → UI Elements → Pagination Buttons.
 1. Select "Include progress bar."

![Enabling "Include progress bar" for Guided Mode](https://img.paperform.co/fetch/f_auto,w_1400/https://d3gw2uv1ch7vdq.cloudfront.net/img/updated-guided-mode-progress-bar.png)

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  [Article - Do Not Alter Guided Mode Overview  Guided Mode provides a one-question-at-a-time experience and modifies the behavior of pagination.](/help/articles/how-do-i-configure-guided-mode/)
[Can I change the style of my pagination buttons?  You can change the styling of your form's pagination buttons under Theme & Appearance → UI Elements → Pagination Buttons.](/help/articles/can-i-change-the-style-of-my-pagination-buttons/)
[How do I add or remove the 'X questions to go' message on the submit button?  From the form editor, go to Theme & Appearance → UI Elements → Submit Button and toggle the "Displays 'X questions to go' message" on or off.](/help/articles/adding-and-removing-the-x-question-to-go-counter/)
[Can I hide the submit button?  By default, the submit button will always be visible on the form, unless the form has no visible questions.](/help/articles/can-i-hide-the-submit-button/)