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title: Can people save and return to forms later? | Paperform Help Center | Paperform
description: Yep, just head to Configure → Form Behaviour and toggle on “Automatic save and resume later."
url: "https://paperform.co/help/articles/save-and-return-for-forms"
type: static
generatedAt: "2026-04-04T00:42:02.795Z"
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Is it possible for respondents to save a partially completed form and come back to it later?
### Configuring Behavior

With Paperform, your customers and visitors can have their form data auto-saved, so they can return and complete the form on the same device at their convenience.

This is helpful because:

 - The submitter can close the form and open it again later to finish.
 - If someone accidentally closes a tab, they won’t lose any info.

To activate this for your forms, go to Configure → Form Behaviour and toggle on “Automatic save and resume later."

![Screenshot of the "Form Behaviour" settings found under Configure → Form Behaviour. The toggle labeled "Automatic save and resume later" is highlighted (in the lower-right).](https://img.paperform.co/fetch/f_auto,w_1400/https://d3gw2uv1ch7vdq.cloudfront.net/img/automatic-save-and-resume-later-toggle.png)

This tells the visitor's browser to save answers locally until a form is submitted. They must return to the form using the same device and browser (excluding incognito/private windows) in order to see their previous answers.

## Gotchas

 - This does not mean that you will automatically have partially complete data from your customers/users—their computer will remember the data locally, but you won’t receive it until they hit the submit button unless your plan comes with [Partial Submissions](https://paperform.co/help/articles/partial-form-submissions/).
 - Once submitted, they can’t return and edit their form data by completing the form again.
 - By default, previously-saved answers will overwrite any answers entered via [pre-filling](https://paperform.co/help/articles/pre-filling-guide/). For this reason, it's recommended to turn this setting off if you need to test pre-filling into a form. Alternatively, you can add the parameter `force=1` to give your pre-filling precedence over auto-saved answers.

### Related Articles
  [How do I view and share Partial Submissions?  Users with selected pricing plans can access Partial Submission data for 30 days after each drop-off.](/help/articles/partial-form-submissions/)