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Rejection Field

The rejection field ends the survey without collecting a response when specific conditions are met. Use it to efficiently filter respondents and control your survey flow.

How Rejection Fields Work

  • When a rejection field is shown, the response is not saved.
  • Useful for filtering out respondents who don't qualify.
    • e.g., people outside your target audience, responses after the deadline, etc.

Where to Place It

  • We recommend placing it at the very end of the survey.
    • In Standard View, all questions appear on a single page, so a rejection field placed in the middle can immediately end the survey as soon as the page loads.
    • In Grouped View, placing it at the very beginning can reject respondents right when they start.
  • It's a good idea to add a page break before a rejection field.

Examples

Example 1. Filtering respondents by age

  • Condition: Age question is not Teens
  • Go to: Rejection field
  • Result: If the respondent is not a teenager, the survey ends immediately.

Example 2. Using it as a "survey closed" notice

  • If you want to show a custom closing message instead of the default end page when the survey is closed, move the rejection field to the very first question.
  • Example: "This survey has ended."

Warning

  • Don't confuse rejection fields with ending fields.
    • Ending field: Shown "after" submission, leads to a message or URL
    • Rejection field: Ends the survey "during" the response — no data is recorded
  • Rejected responses can never be viewed or recovered, so review your conditions carefully.

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