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We use airtable a lot for people to fill out forms.

  • November 18, 2025
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Is there a way to have them receive an email receipt of some sort so they know the submission went through?  I think I have it set up to tell them Submission Received, at the end, but they are missing it and then filling it out again.  I’m not sure if it’s a easy fix and I’m just not seeing it or if it’s not there.  

 

And, I guess if it is there and I’m missing it, is it only for paid memberships or free as well.  I have a personal account that is a free account, but had the same issue there as I do with the other.

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Mike_AutomaticN
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Hey ​@tzuhouse,

You will want to create an automation that will get triggered when a form is submitted.

 

 
You will then have a send an email (or gmail or outlook) action block, where you’ll map the email address of the person who submitted the form.

Completely different matter, but would love to have you join our Airtable Hackathon! Make sure to sign up!!

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
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TheTimeSavingCo
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If the people filling out the form have Airtable accounts, you could try using a Form View and toggling on ‘Allow people to request a copy’:

This is available on both free and paid plans

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If they don’t have Airtable accounts, then I'm afraid you’re stuck using an automation like Mike said.  The Free plan has 100 automation runs, so you’d be able to send out up to 100 email receipts

 

HannesK-ME
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  • December 9, 2025

I would recommend checking out the miniExtensions Form for this.

It has built-in functionality to send a confirmation to the user who filled out the form, as well as sending a confirmation to the admin, if needed.  But that’s really just one of many features that are supported out of the box. Definitely worth a look!


ScottWorld
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  • December 10, 2025

@tzuhouse 

You have 3 different ways of accomplishing this:

  1. Use Airtable’s automations.
     
  2. Use Airtable’s built-in feature on forms to email Airtable users a copy of their form submissions.
     
  3. Use a more advanced form app like Fillout’s advanced forms for Airtable, which is 100% free and offers the ability to email users a custom PDF file or just a normal email with their form submission.

    Fillout also offers hundreds of features that Airtable’s native forms don’t offer, including the ability to update Airtable records using a formaccept payments on formspre-fetch dynamic data from an Airtable recordcustomize the style and branding of your formcustomize a theme for your form, and much more
     

    I show how to use a few of the advanced features of Fillout on these 2 Airtable podcast episodes:
    Using Fillout to update an existing Airtable record & create an eSignature approval process with PDF file creation.
    Using Fillout to create an order entry form with line items.

Hope this helps! If you’d like to hire the best Airtable consultant to help you with anything Airtable-related, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consultant — ScottWorld


MargeM
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  • December 10, 2025

@tzuhouse,

Is the form edited by users who already have Airtable access? If so, enabling Airtable's built-in notifications is the best and easiest approach.

However, if you want users who do not have access to your Airtable base to fill out the form and receive notifications once the form is submitted, you can try Plumsail Forms. It allows external users to create and edit records.


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  • December 10, 2025

Thank you everyone.