Test Your Form Before Going Live

What is the Test Form tab for?

It's the quickest way to check your setup end to end. You fill in a short form inside the dashboard, Formbold processes it like any other submission, and you see what your team will see.

Open your form from All Forms and click the Test Form tab.

Which fields does the test form send?

Four: Full name, Email, Subject and Message. Fill them in with values you'll recognise, like your own name and "Test from dashboard".

If your real form has other fields, such as phone or company, those won't be in the test. To test those, submit the form on your site, even if it's on a staging URL.

What should I check after sending a test?

Go through this list once, in this order:

1. The entry appears in Submissions, in the Inbox folder.
2. The notification email arrives at every address in Recipient (TO), plus CC and BCC if you set them.
3. The email isn't in spam. If it is, mark it as not spam in your mail app so future ones come through.
4. Each connected app on the Integrations tab got the entry, for example a new Slack message or a new Google Sheets row.

If the email doesn't arrive, open the Settings tab and check that Email Notifications is on in Email Configuration.

Do test submissions count toward my limit?

Yes. A test submission counts toward your monthly submission limit like any other. On the Free plan's 250 a month that rarely matters, but don't script a hundred tests.

Should I delete test entries?

It's a good habit before you hand a form to a client. Old "test test" rows make the Submissions inbox and exports look messy, and your client may think they're real leads.