Title: Stop spam submissions | OneForm > What OneForm does on every form to keep out bots and junk, and what to do when a fake response gets through. Source: https://oneform.si/help/share/stop-spam-submissions/ --- 1. [Help Center](https://oneform.si/help/) 2. [Sharing and embeds](https://oneform.si/help/share/) 3. Stop spam submissions [View as Markdown](https://oneform.si/help/share/stop-spam-submissions.md) # Stop spam submissions What OneForm does on every form to keep out bots and junk, and what to do when a fake response gets through. Updated October 22, 2026 · 2 min read Every public form attracts the odd bot. OneForm screens submissions before they reach you, on every form and every plan, with nothing to set up. Clients never see a puzzle to solve. ## What OneForm does for you - **A trap only bots fall into.** Each form has a hidden box people never see. Bots that fill it in are shown a normal thank-you screen, and nothing is saved: no response, no report, no emails. - **Limits on fast repeat sending.** Too many submissions from one connection in a short time are refused. The person sees "Too many submissions. Please wait a minute and try again." - **Every answer is checked again on our side.** OneForm re-checks required questions, formats and your logic when a form is sent, so a script can't skip questions or send answers your form doesn't ask for. - **No double submissions.** If someone taps submit twice, or their connection drops and the form tries again, you get one response, one report and one set of emails. - **Only the details you expect.** Links and website code can only pass in the hidden fields you set up, plus campaign tags. Everything else is ignored. See [Pass details into a form](https://oneform.si/help/share/prefill-answers-and-hidden-fields/). - **Limits on follow-up emails.** Emails to someone who left a form unfinished go out at most once a week per address, so nobody can use your form to make you email a stranger over and over. ## Spot junk on the Leads page Your lead score already marks what looks like junk as **Red flags**: - **Throwaway email address**, from known disposable inbox services. - **Finished in under 15 seconds**, faster than a person can read the questions. - **Email bounced or marked as spam**, when your emails to that address didn't arrive. Each takes points off, so junk sinks to the bottom of the list as **Cold**. You can change how many points each takes off in [Settings → Lead scoring](https://oneform.si/help/responses-and-leads/set-up-lead-scoring/). ## Remove a fake response 1. Go to [Responses](https://app.oneform.si/responses) and open the response. 2. Click **Delete**, then confirm. The response and any report drafted from it are deleted. If a bot left many responses under the same email address, erase that person from the **Leads** page in one go instead. See [Delete a response or a client's data](https://oneform.si/help/responses-and-leads/delete-a-response-or-a-clients-data/). ## Good to know - **Deleting needs an admin or owner.** - **Reports cost OneAI Tokens.** Bots caught by the trap get no report, so they don't use any. A fake response that does get through drafts a report like any other. That report waits for review unless the form sends reports automatically, so delete the response before anyone approves it. ## Why did a real client see "Too many submissions"? Several people sent the form from the same connection in a short time, such as a shared office network, or one person tried many times. Ask them to wait a minute and submit again. Their answers stay in the form while they wait. Was this article helpful? 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