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Quick answer. In your form open Settings, expand Presentation, choose Edit beside Confirmation message, write the new text, and Save. Test with a fictional response in a permitted copy to see the on-screen result.
Use the fictional practice file and independent answer check. Work in a copy or a permitted demo account.
Before you start. Google Forms confirmation text appears after a submission; it is not itself an automated reply email. A respondent-facing test may require the form to be published for the test account, subject to its access settings. Keep the practice form restricted and do not expose it publicly.
1. Make a private fictional form
Create a practice form with the one multiple-choice question and Tuesday or Thursday options. Keep it in a permitted account and restrict responder access to the test account. Do not use real contact details or imply a public form was tested if only the editor preview was observed.
Checkpoint: One question; no real respondents.
2. Open the current confirmation setting
In the form editor select Settings, expand Presentation, and find Confirmation message. Choose Edit. Google's current help documents this route; an older tutorial may show a gear icon or a separate Presentation tab, so follow the labels shown in your current editor.
Checkpoint: Settings > Presentation > Confirmation message > Edit.
3. Write an actionable message
Enter exactly: Thanks. Your practice request is recorded. You can close this page. Save the setting. The wording tells the fictional respondent what was recorded and gives a clear next step. It makes no promise about an email receipt, which is a separate Forms setting. Keep the copy brief enough to read on a phone.
Checkpoint: Saved message matches the practice text exactly.
4. Check the respondent side
Use the form's permitted responder view and submit a fictional Thursday answer. Read the post-submit page, not only the setting in the editor. It should display the saved message. If the form is unpublished or its access settings block the test account, resolve that access in a private practice copy before claiming the respondent result.
Checkpoint: Expected in a permitted test: Thursday response and saved message.
5. Separate confirmation from notifications
The confirmation message is visible on the web page after submission. It does not prove that Google emailed the respondent. If you need an email receipt, investigate the relevant email collection and response receipt settings separately and test those with consent; do not treat this display text as evidence of delivery.
Checkpoint: On-screen confirmation is not an email receipt.
Verify the result
After a permitted test submission choosing Thursday, the respondent page shows exactly: 'Thanks. Your practice request is recorded. You can close this page.' The form has one fictional Thursday response. No email notification to that respondent is inferred from the confirmation page.
If it still does not work
Google Forms confirmation text appears after a submission; it is not itself an automated reply email. A respondent-facing test may require the form to be published for the test account, subject to its access settings. Keep the practice form restricted and do not expose it publicly.
Official sources
- Publish and share your Google Form with responders (checked 20 October 2026).
- Tips to customize Google Forms (checked 20 October 2026).
Any video panel without a marked actual-app capture is an illustrative diagram of the fictional exercise.
Practice downloads.
The exercise files contain invented information. Save a local copy before editing.