Microsoft Forms - Anonymous

Question

Hi, May I confirm that the anonymous function in Microsoft Forms is truly anonymous when this option is set and the admin or creator equally has no visibility to it? I have tried various times and seems this is the case but I have been informed that the creator can still see. I hope the support team can advise on this to clear my ambiguity and will certainly gives a lot of confidence when we need to use this function. Thank you

Answer 1

Hi,

Welcome to community.

Yes, it's truely anonymous.

When we use anonymous function in Microsoft Forms to share a form, the admin and creator cannot see user name for the anonymous responses. When they check the responses, it only shows the respondent as Anonymous.

If you go to check the form settings > Who can fill out this form, you will find that there is no Record name option for the Anonymous link type(Anyone can respond), so it won't record user name. Only other 2 sharing types have Record name option.

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Hope above can help you.

Have a nice day and stay safe.

Best Regards,

Tina

Answer 2

Hi,

May I know if you have checked the reply?

Feel free to post back if you need further help.

Best Regards,

Tina

Answer 3

Hi Tina,

Thank you for the explanation and it is cleared now. I responded days ago but somehow there was bounced back.

Cheers,

Ida

Answer 4

Hi Ida,

Very glad to know the suggestion helps.

If you have other questions next time, welcome to post new threads in the forum, we are always here to help you.

Have a lovely weekend.

Best Regards,

Tina