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How to change a form after it is live (without breaking the link)

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Say what you want changed, in the same chat or a new one. "Raise the Office rate to $1.20." "Add a question for postcode." "Pause the form." The link never changes and every past reply is kept.

Step by step

  1. Say the change

    Be specific about the number or the question: "Change the tear-off fee from $1.50 to $1.75 per sq ft."

  2. Check it

    ChatGPT confirms and shows the updated form. Try one quote to see the new number.

  3. Publish the change

    If you saved tests, publishing re-runs them first. If a test now fails because the price genuinely changed, update the test: "The first test total is now $9,200."

  4. Nothing else to do

    Same link, same dashboard. Customers who open it now get the new version; old replies keep the numbers they had at the time.

The words to say

Copy this into ChatGPT (with CalcForms added) and fill in the brackets.

Say this to ChatGPT

"On the [form name] form: [change the X rate to Y / add a question for Z / rename the button to W]. Publish it."

What you will see

A one-line confirmation, the updated form, and a new version number in your dashboard. Old replies show which version they came from.

Common mistakes

FAQ

Will I lose past replies?
No. Replies are kept with the version of the form they came from.
Can I see what changed?
Your dashboard shows a version number on each reply. Ask ChatGPT "describe the form as it is now" to review the current questions, rates and what the customer sees.
Can I take the form down?
"Pause it" stops new replies and shows a paused page at the link. "Delete it" removes it entirely; replies go with it, so export first.

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