Google Forms do allow file uploads but the respondents need to be signed into their Google accounts before they can upload files. File Upload Forms impose no such limitations – anyone can upload files to your Google Drive. They may not have a Google account and they’ll still be able to use your Drive upload forms.
This begs the inquiry “How do I upload a file from Google Forms?”
The only way to use file upload with forms today is to save the google form in your personal google drive and NOT on the shared one. Once you do it from your personal drive the option appears. Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that’s most likely to answer the question.
Here’s how to upload a file on Google Forms, in both ways. When you’re creating a Google Form, you may want to upload a file into one of the question fields, like an image or video. This is great for adding visual aids and reference materials. In your Google Form, select the panel that includes the question you want to add a file to.
Turn off Data Loss Prevention (or the file upload option will be greyed out) If your administrator has turned on data loss prevention this can also lead to the file upload option being greyed out as well. Check with your administrator that Data Loss Prevention is turned off is you want to request files using Google Forms.
When I was reading we ran into the question “Can I add the Upload file option to a form?”.
The form on live system was created by a colleague. He can add the upload file option. The form is share with me. I can change all other question except add the upload function. When I tested it in the test environment, I did it with a form which was created by my own. There it worked it fine.
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A frequent inquiry we ran across in our research was “How do I add a file upload field to my form?”.
Add a file upload field to your Google Form To add a file upload question choose ‘+’ and then use the dropdown to find ‘File upload’. You can choose to allow only specific file types, maximum number of files and maximum file size. Make sure that your respondents have Google accounts OR use software that connects to Google Drive.
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Can I upload my resume in Google Forms?
The HR team may want an online form where job applicants can upload their resumes in PDF or Word format. Business can build forms with e. Signatures that respondents can sign on their desktops and mobile phones. Google Forms do allow file uploads but the respondents need to be signed into their Google accounts before they can upload files.
You should be thinking “Can I embed a Google form in my website?”
You can’t embed a Google Form in your website if you have a file upload question in it. You’ll get an error message if you try and do this. Are the Google Forms restrictions too difficult?
Can I change the questions included in an uploaded form?
From my point of view, Microsoft should make it possible, that users who the form is shared with, change all questions included the upload. Forms also should have the option to store the uploaded files to a share Point, not only the one drive of the user who created the form.
How to use Google Forms in Google Sheets?
The forms can be created inside Google Sheets using the built-in drag-n-drop form builder and the forms can have CAPTCHAs, collect e-signatures, multiple file uploads, password protection and more. Unlike the file uploads feature in Google Forms, the form respondents do not require a Google account to uploads files through your form.
Formfacade converts the Google Drive file upload into a html file upload. In Google Forms, you will see a short answer question, but in the Formfacade form, you will see the file upload option. Formfacade does not use any of the file attributes such as size, type etc specified in the File upload question.