Delete a form from Microsoft Forms directly

Open forms.office.com in your web browser and sign in with your Microsoft account. You will see a list of all the forms you have created. Find the form you want to delete, hover your mouse over it, and click the three dots (menu icon) that appear in the top right corner of that form's box. Select Delete from the menu. A confirmation window will appear asking "Are you sure?" — click Delete again to confirm.

The form is now permanently removed. Anyone with the link will no longer be able to access it, and all responses already collected will be deleted as well. This action cannot be undone, so make sure you have saved any data you need before deleting.

If you cannot see the three-dot menu, make sure you are hovering directly over the form's thumbnail. The menu only appears when your cursor is positioned over that specific form box.

Key Takeaways

  • Go to forms.office.com, find the form in your list, click the three-dot menu, and select Delete to remove it permanently.
  • Deleting a form also deletes all responses that were collected in that form, so read or save your data first if you need it.
  • Once deleted, the form cannot be recovered, and anyone with the link will see an error message instead of the form.
  • If you created the form in Microsoft Teams or shared it in a group, deleting it from forms.office.com removes it everywhere.

Delete a form shared in Microsoft Teams

If you created a form inside a Microsoft Teams channel or chat, you can delete it from Teams itself. Open the Teams channel or chat where the form was shared. Find the message containing the form, click the three dots next to that message, and select Delete. This removes the form from the conversation.

However, the form still exists in your Forms account at forms.office.com. To completely remove it, you must also delete it from the Forms website using the steps above. Deleting it from Teams only removes the link from that conversation.

Delete a form embedded in a SharePoint page

If you embedded a Microsoft Form on a SharePoint page, you can remove it by editing the page. Open the SharePoint site, navigate to the page containing the form, and click Edit in the top right. Find the form on the page, click it to select it, and press the Delete key on your keyboard. Click Save to finish.

Like with Teams, this only removes the form from the SharePoint page. The form itself still exists in your Forms account. To delete it completely, go to forms.office.com and delete it there as well.

Save your form responses before deleting

Before you delete a form, read your responses if you need to keep that data. Open the form at forms.office.com, click the form name to open it, and go to the Responses tab. Click the Open in Excel button (it looks like an Excel icon) to export all responses to a spreadsheet. Save the file to your computer.

You can also take a screenshot of the responses summary page if you only need a quick record of how many people responded or what the overall results were. Once you delete the form, this data is gone forever.

What happens after you delete a form

Anyone who has the link to your form will see a message saying the form does not exist or has been deleted. They will not be able to view the form, submit responses, or see past results. If the form was shared in Teams or on SharePoint, those links will also stop working.

If you shared the form with specific people by giving them editing rights, they will no longer be able to access it either. There is no way to recover a deleted form, so if you think you might need it again, consider keeping it but closing it to new responses instead — you can do this by opening the form, clicking the three dots in the top right, and selecting Close form.

Delete multiple forms at once

If you need to delete several forms, you can do this more quickly from the forms.office.com home page. Click the checkbox next to each form you want to delete — you can select as many as you want. Once you have selected all the forms, a toolbar will appear at the top with a Delete button. Click it and confirm the deletion.

This method works the same way as deleting one form at a time: all selected forms and their responses are permanently removed. Use this approach if you are cleaning up old or test forms from your account.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I undo a form deletion?

No. Once you delete a form, it is permanently gone and cannot be recovered. Microsoft does not have a trash or recovery option for deleted forms. If you think you might need the form again, close it instead of deleting it — you can reopen it later.

What happens to responses if I delete a form?

All responses are deleted along with the form. There is no separate storage for responses after the form is removed. read your responses to Excel before deleting if you need to keep that data.

If I delete a form, will it delete from my collaborator's account too?

Yes. If you created a form and shared it with others for editing, deleting it removes it from everyone's account. Only the person who owns the form can delete it — collaborators cannot delete a form they did not create.

Can I delete a form someone else created?

No, unless you are the original creator. If someone shared a form with you for editing, you can edit and view responses, but you cannot delete it. Only the person who created the form has the right to delete it.

What if the delete button is not showing up?

Make sure you are signed in with the account that created the form. If you are viewing the form as a collaborator or respondent, you will not see the delete option. Also check that you are on forms.office.com and not viewing the form in preview or response mode.