Import from Typeform or Google Forms

Import a form from Typeform or Google Forms and you get a draft with the same questions in the same order, plus its responses if you want them. Nothing goes live until you publish it.

Where your data goes

Imported forms and responses are stored in the EU and encrypted at rest like any other response (see EU data residency). For Typeform, our server reads the form and responses through Typeform’s API with the token you provide, and sends nothing else. For Google Forms you paste the data yourself, so we never contact Google.

A Typeform token is used for that one import and is never stored or logged. Close the tab and it is gone.

Import from Typeform

1. 1

   Create a personal access token

   In Typeform, open the menu next to your name, choose Account, then Personal tokens (or go straight to admin.typeform.com/user/tokens). Select Generate a new token, name it, and give it the forms:read and responses:read scopes. Use the account that owns the form.

2. 2

   Start the import

   On Forms, select Import next to New form and choose Typeform. Paste the token and the form’s share link (like https://yourname.typeform.com/to/abc123) or its form id. Leave Import responses too on to bring responses.

3. 3

   Review and import

   The preview shows the title, the question and response counts, and every question that doesn’t map one to one. Select Import form. Responses arrive up to 1,000 at a time; keep the window open until it finishes. If a request fails, retry from where it stopped.

Import from Google Forms

Formbear doesn’t ask for access to your Google account. You read the form with Google’s API Explorer and paste the result.

1. 1

   Find the form id

   Open the form in Google Forms. The id is the long part of the edit link: docs.google.com/forms/d/id/edit.

2. 2

   Run forms.get

   Open forms.get in Google’s API reference, enter the form id under Try this method, and run it. Copy the whole JSON response.

3. 3

   Optionally, run forms.responses.list

   For the responses, do the same with forms.responses.list, with pageSize set to 5000. Google returns at most 5,000 responses per page, and Formbear imports the page you paste.

4. 4

   Paste and import

   On Forms, select Import, choose Google Forms, paste the form JSON (and the responses JSON), preview, and import.

What maps to what

Where there is no direct match among Formbear’s question types, the importer picks the nearest type and the preview says what changes.

From Typeform

From Google Forms

What doesn't carry over

• Logic. Logic jumps and go-to-section rules aren’t imported. Every question shows in order.
• Welcome and ending screens. Set a thank-you message on the form’s Settings tab instead.
• Uploaded files. File questions come over, but the files stay in the source. Download them before you close that account. File upload is a Pro feature, so on Free remove those questions before publishing.
• Design. Themes, images, and pictures on choices aren’t imported.
• Recalled answers. Typeform question text that quotes an earlier answer shows an ellipsis in its place.

Responses

• Only completed responses are imported, each with its original submission time.
• One import brings in at most 10,000 responses, the most recent ones.
• Text typed into an Other choice is kept in a hidden field named after the question, like Your role (other).
• An answer that doesn’t fit its question (a number outside the range, for example) is left out; the rest of the response is imported.

After the import

The new form is a draft, with its imported responses already in Results. Publish it to start taking new responses. Each import creates a new form, so importing the same source twice gives you two forms.