3 ways to embed your Google Forms

Whichever method you choose, there are two key steps to make sure that users can actually open your form and that the right people can respond.

You can embed the form directly on a page so visitors can fill it out without leaving your site.

You can share the form via email to let recipients respond straight from their inbox or from a single click. 

Email works best when you already have a list of recipients and want to reach them directly, such as an internal team survey, an event RSVP to invited guests, or a follow-up questionnaire to existing customers.

A link is the fastest way to share a form. You can easily copy the form link and post it anywhere you can paste text such as in chat, email or social media.

• Google-branded page, not yours. The link opens a Google-hosted page on a Google domain, so respondents leave your site for something that doesn't look like your brand. That can feel less trustworthy for lead capture, and you lose your page's context.
• No control over the experience. Once someone clicks the link, they're on Google-hosted page with no related content, no navigation back to your site, and no next step, so the form is a dead end rather than part of a journey.
• Generic link previews. When pasted into social media or chat, the link unfurls with Google Forms' own preview image and description from your form instead of your branding, which looks less polished in a public post.
• Link cannot be customized. You can't set a branded or custom URL, so the link, even the shortened forms.gle version, can't be typed from memory.

You can use the Formfacade to embed a form so that it matches your website's theme, without iframes or Google branding. There are two ways to do this: 

Formfacade solves the problems the native iframe creates and adds capabilities Google Forms doesn't offer on its own:

A quick look at how the Google Forms' native iframe embed compares with Formfacade.

Can I customize the look of an embedded Google Form? 

No. The native embed keeps Google's fonts, colors, and layout. To make the form match your site's design, embed it with the Formfacade add-on, which renders the form without the iframe so it inherits your theme.

Can I embed a form with a file upload question? 

No. The native embed blocks it and shows "This form cannot be embedded because it makes use of File Upload fields." You'd have to remove the question, or use Formfacade, which supports file uploads in an embedded form.

Why does my embedded form ask people to sign in? 

Sign-in is required when the form collects email addresses, limits responses to one per person, restricts access to an organization, or includes a file upload question. Set access to "anyone with the link" and remove those settings if you want sign-in-free responses. 

Can I prefill an embedded Google Form? 

No. You cannot dynamically prefill the answers with the native iframe, since your page can't pass values into a cross-origin iframe. Formfacade can prefill the embedded form from URL query strings or with JavaScript. 

Why is my embedded Google Form cut off or scrolling? 

The native iframe has a fixed size, so longer forms scroll inside their box. Set the iframe width to 100% and increase the height, or embed without an iframe using Formfacade so the form sizes itself to your page. 

Is it free to embed a Google Form? Y

es. The native website, email, and link methods are free. Embedding without the iframe via Formfacade has a free tier, with paid plans for removing branding and higher response limits.