Form Submission: Request for Custom Auto-Deletion Scheduling by Specific Date and Time

Hello, I’d like to submit a product feature request.

For form submission auto-deletion, there are currently preset options like 1 hour, 1 day, or 7 days, etc. I’d like the ability to choose a specific date and time instead—for example, automatically deleting submissions every Friday at 5:00 PM.

Hi Chef,

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Regarding your feature request for form submission auto-deletion, currently, Jotform offers preset options for automatic deletion periods such as 1 hour, 1 day, or 7 days, which you can set up in the Form Builder under Settings > Show More Options > Auto-Delete Submissions. You can enable this feature and select a deletion period from the dropdown menu.

However, the current functionality does not support choosing a specific date and time for deletion, such as automatically deleting submissions every Friday at 5:00 PM. The auto-delete feature is based on a time frame after submission rather than a recurring specific schedule.

Here is how you can set up the existing auto-delete submissions feature:

1. In Form Builder, click on the Settings tab.
2. Click on Show More Options in Form Settings.
3. Scroll down to Auto-Delete Submissions setting and click on the Enable button.
4. Select a time frame from the Deletion Period dropdown menu.
5. Click Next and then Yes, Update to save your settings.

This feature deletes submissions automatically after the selected period, but it does not currently allow scheduling deletion at a specific day and time.

Your suggestion to have the ability to choose a specific date and time for automatic deletion (e.g., every Friday at 5:00 PM) is a valuable idea. Our support team may consider this for future enhancements.

For more details on the current auto-delete submissions feature, you can visit the Jotform guide on deleting form submissions automatically.

Give it a try and let us know how it goes.

Hi Monique,

Thanks for sending us your feature idea. While that feature isn’t available in Jotform right now, I’ve sent your request to our Developers for review. When or if it gets developed will depend on their current workload, how possible it is, and how much demand there is from other users. If/when we have any updates, we’ll follow up here and keep you posted.