Form templates

Free feature

Form templates are available to all Fomr users.

Templates help you create forms faster by starting from pre-built designs instead of a blank canvas. Browse the Template gallery for ready-to-use forms, save your own forms as templates to reuse across projects, or create a new template with AI while signed in. Your own templates live in your workspaces, next to your forms.

The templates gallery

Understanding templates

Templates are pre-configured forms that serve as starting points for new forms. When you create a form from a template, you get a complete copy that you can customize without affecting the original template.

How templates work

Template → Create form from template → New form (independent copy)
                                              ↓
                                       Customize as needed
                                              ↓
                                       Publish your form

Changes you make to a form created from a template don’t affect the original template, and vice versa. Each form is completely independent after creation.

Template benefits

• Save time: Start with a working structure instead of building from scratch
• Consistency: Maintain uniform form designs across your organization
• Best practices: Learn from well-designed templates that follow form design principles
• Reusability: Turn your best forms into templates for future use

Browsing the Template gallery

The Template gallery holds Fomr’s ready-made templates for common forms.

Opening the gallery

1. Log in to Fomr

2. Click Template gallery in the sidebar

3. Browse the templates, starting with the most used ones

The Templates link in the sidebar

Filtering the gallery

Use the search box to find templates by name, or open Filter to narrow the list by:

• Category: the kind of form, such as contact, survey, or registration
• Industry: the field the template is built for
• Persona: the role the template is built for

Each option shows how many templates it contains. You can check several options at once, and clear them all with Clear.

The Template gallery with the Filter menu open on Category, listing options with template counts

Previewing a gallery template

Click a template card to open its preview. The preview shows the full form, which you can click through page by page, along with its tags and how many people have used it. Use the arrows on either side to move to the previous or next template, and click Use template when you find one you like.

Creating a form from a template

You can start a form from a gallery template or from one of your own templates.

How to create from a template

1. Open the Template gallery, or open a workspace and switch to its Templates list

2. Find the template you want to use

3. Click Use template on the template card (or in the gallery preview)

4. In the Create form from template dialog, check the Form name. It’s prefilled with the template’s name, and you can change it.

5. Click Create form

The modal for creating a form from a template

The new form opens in the editor. It’s created in the workspace you’re in. When you start from the Template gallery, that’s the workspace you visited last.

A Acme Inc

New form

Workspaces

Default Workspace Default

Marketing 5

Sales 7

Events 2

Trash

Template gallery

Settings

JC Jane Cooper [email protected]

Marketing / Forms

Newsletter signup

Webinar registration

Product survey

Templates 6 New

Search templates Filter 1

3,912 Use template

Contact form

Lead generation, Business

2,450 Use template

Customer feedback

Feedback, Retail

1,876 Use template

Job application

Applications, HR

1,530 Use template

Event registration

Event registration, Events

1,204 Use template

Newsletter signup

Lead generation, Media

988 Use template

Order form

Orders, Retail

1,530 Use template

Event registration

Event registration, Events

1,284 Use template

Conference registration

Event registration, Events

932 Use template

Webinar signup

Event registration, Education

761 Use template

RSVP form

Event registration, Hospitality

410 Use template

Workshop signup

Event registration, Education

205 Use template

Meetup registration

Event registration, Community

Category

Industry

Persona

Clear

Event registration (6)

Feedback (14)

Lead generation (9)

Surveys (21)

Your details

Conference registration

Save your seat for this year's event.

Full name

Work email

Ticket type

Choose an option

Next

Conference registration

Use template

Collect attendee details, ticket choices, and dietary needs in one simple registration form.

Used 1,284 times

Event registration Events Organizers

Close preview

Create form from template

Form name *

Conference registration

Cancel Create form

1 Open Template gallery

2 Filter by category

3 Preview a template

4 Use template

Filter the Template gallery by category, open a template preview, then click Use template and Create form.

What gets copied

When you create a form from a template, the new form includes:

• All pages and their structure
• All form components and their settings
• Question text, supporting content, and placeholders
• Design and theme settings
• Component configurations (required components, validation, etc.)
• Logic rules and Calculated values

What doesn’t get copied

The following are not copied from templates:

• Responses (templates don’t have responses)
• Publishing status (new forms start as drafts)
• Version history

After creating from a template

Once your form is created:

1. Review the form structure in the editor

2. Customize questions, text, and settings as needed

3. Adjust the design and theme to match your brand

4. Configure notifications and other settings

5. Preview and test your form

6. Publish when ready

Tip

Templates are starting points, not final products. Always review and customize the form to match your specific needs before publishing.

Saving forms as templates

Turn your well-designed forms into reusable templates that you can use again or share with your team.

When to save as template

Consider saving a form as a template when:

• You’ve created a form you’ll want to reuse
• You want to standardize forms across your organization
• You’ve built a form structure that works well for a specific purpose
• You want to share a form design with team members

You can also start a new template with AI from an empty template canvas. AI-created templates stay private to your organization, so your team can reuse them without making them public.

How to save a form as a template

1. Open the form you want to save as a template

2. Open Configure and go to the General tab

3. Under Actions, click Save as template

4. In the Create template dialog, enter a Template name. It’s prefilled with the form’s name.

5. Choose how to create the template:

   • Create a copy keeps your form unchanged and creates a new template from it
   • Convert to template turns the form itself into a template

6. Click Create template

The save as template dialog

Convert to template isn’t available for published forms or forms with responses. To convert a published form, archive or unpublish it first. Otherwise, choose Create a copy.

After you create a copy, choose Open template to go to the new template, or Continue editing form to stay in your form. When you convert a form, the template opens right away.

The new template is saved in the same workspace as the form.

Managing templates

Keep your template library organized and up to date.

Viewing your templates

Your templates appear in the Templates list of the workspace they belong to. Open a workspace in the sidebar, click the section name in the page title, and choose Templates. To create a template from scratch, click New template.

Templates in the Default Workspace are shared with every workspace, so they also appear in every other workspace’s Templates list with a Shared badge. Use the Shared preset or the Source filter to show only shared templates, or only the workspace’s own. Learn more about workspaces.

A workspace's Templates list with the workspace's own templates and shared templates marked with the Shared badge

Template card menu

Open the … menu on a template’s card for more options:

• Preview: opens the template in preview mode
• Settings: opens the template’s settings
• Duplicate: creates a copy of the template
• Move to…: moves the template to another workspace
• Move to Trash: moves the template to Trash

The open … menu on a template card with Preview, Settings, Duplicate, Move to…, and Move to Trash

Duplicating templates

To copy a template, open the … menu on its card and choose Duplicate. The copy is created in the same workspace as the original, named after it with “copy” added, and opens in the editor.

Moving and sharing templates

To move a template to another workspace, open the … menu on its card and choose Move to…, then pick the workspace. To move several templates, select them and click Move to… in the action bar. Moving templates between workspaces is a Pro feature.

To share a template with every workspace, move it to the Default Workspace. Shared templates that leave the Default Workspace stop appearing in other workspaces. Learn more about shared templates and assets.

Editing templates

To update an existing template:

1. Open the workspace’s Templates list

2. Find the template you want to edit

3. Click on the template to open it

4. Make your changes in the editor. They’re saved automatically.

Note

Editing a template doesn’t affect forms that were previously created from it. Each form is independent after creation.

Deleting templates

If you no longer need a template:

1. Open the template you want to delete

2. In the template’s settings, scroll to the Danger zone

3. Under Move template to Trash, click Move to Trash

You can also open the … menu on the template’s card and choose Move to Trash, or select several templates and click Move to Trash in the action bar. Confirm, and the templates move to Trash.

Deleted templates stay in Trash for 30 days, where you can restore them. After that they are deleted permanently. Forms created from the template are not affected.

Template best practices

Use descriptive names. Choose template names that clearly indicate the form’s purpose. “Q4 Customer Survey” is better than “Survey 1”.

Share templates everyone needs. Keep templates the whole team uses in the Default Workspace so they appear in every workspace.

Keep templates updated. If you improve a form design, consider updating the template so future forms benefit from the improvements.

Start simple. When creating templates, include the essential structure but leave room for customization. Overly specific templates may need significant modification.

Test before saving. Preview and test your form thoroughly before saving it as a template to ensure it works correctly.

Frequently asked questions

Can I edit a template after creating it?

Yes, you can edit your custom templates at any time. Changes to a template don’t affect forms that were already created from it.

Do templates count against my form limit?

No, templates are separate from your forms. Since Fomr offers unlimited forms, this isn’t a concern regardless.

Can team members use my templates?

Yes. Everyone in your organization can open every workspace and use the templates in it. To make a template appear in every workspace, keep it in the Default Workspace, where it’s shared with all of them. This makes it easy to maintain consistency across your team’s forms.

What happens to forms if I delete a template?

Nothing. Forms created from a template are completely independent. Deleting a template, or deleting it permanently from Trash, has no effect on existing forms.

Can I create a template from a template?

Yes. To copy a template as-is, open the … menu on its card and choose Duplicate. You can also create a form from a template, customize it, and then save that form as a new template.

Troubleshooting

Template not appearing in the list

• Ensure you completed the save process
• Check that you’re in the right workspace. A template saved in a workspace other than the Default Workspace only appears in that workspace.
• Clear any search terms, presets, or filters that might hide the template

Can’t find a specific template

• Try different search terms
• Clear any active filters
• Check if the template was deleted. Deleted templates appear in Trash for 30 days.

Form looks different from template preview

• Templates may have been updated since you last viewed them
• Some elements may require customization after creation