Publish and unpublish

A form is in one of three states. Only live forms take responses.

State	Means	Public link
Draft	Being built; nobody else can open it.	Not available
Live	Open to anyone with the link.	Works
Archived	Closed; keeps everything it collected.	Shows that it's closed

Change the state

From	How
The builder	Publish on a draft; the Live menu to Unpublish or Archive; Reopen on an archived form.
The form's page	Settings → Status: Live or Draft.
The agent	"Publish it", "unpublish it", "close this form".

Before it goes live

Mikxx checks the form can actually be answered: every question has a label, and every choice question has distinct, non-empty options. If something's missing, publishing stops and tells you exactly what to fix.

What publishing saves

Going live saves the form as a numbered version, and that version is what respondents see. Editing afterwards changes your working copy only, until you Publish changes: in the builder's top bar, or on the bar the form's page shows above every tab while there are changes customers don't see yet. That includes changes made outside the builder, like showing a list in the app. See Versions.

Good to know

• Unpublishing doesn't delete anything: responses, payments and lists stay.
• Deleting a form (Settings → Delete form, confirmed twice) removes it and all its responses. It can't be undone.