Google Forms is used for almost everything: class attendance, event registrations, workplace check-ins, research surveys, and job interest forms. If you fill the same kind of form every week, you have probably noticed that it never remembers anything, and that browser autofill rarely helps.
Why browser autofill struggles with Google Forms
Browser autofill recognises fields by standard autocomplete names like email or postal-code. Google Forms questions are written freely by each form owner, so a question titled "Your full name" or "Student number" carries no standard name the browser can recognise. Multiple-choice, checkbox, and grid questions are also custom components that autofill does not operate.
Options if you own the form
- Pre-filled links: in the Google Forms editor, open the More menu (three dots) and choose "Get pre-filled link". Fill in answers, and Google gives you a link that opens the form with those answers already entered.
- Collect email addresses automatically in the form settings so respondents do not type them.
- Allow respondents to edit after submitting, so they can correct a response instead of submitting a new one.
Options if you are filling the form
A form-filler extension can read each question title and fill it from a saved profile. Aullevo handles all common Google Forms question types:
- Short answer and paragraph questions.
- Multiple choice, checkboxes, and dropdowns.
- Linear scales, multiple-choice grids, and checkbox grids.
- Date and time questions, including split date fields.
Step by step
- Create a profile with the details forms usually ask for. A Survey or Academic profile is a good start, with custom fields for anything specific like a student number or department.
- Add context hints to custom fields, such as "also called ID number or learner number", so differently worded questions still match.
- Open the Google Form and press Alt+Shift+L, or click Fill in the side panel.
- For forms with several sections, click Next and fill again, or turn on Auto-Pagination to move through the sections for you.
- Answer opinion and rating questions yourself, review everything, and submit.
Tip: Weekly forms, such as a status report or attendance check, are the perfect use case. Save the answers that never change, and you only type the one or two that do.
Good habits for Google Forms
- If the form records your email, check you are signed in to the right Google account before you start.
- Tick "Send me a copy of my responses" when it is offered, so you have a record.
- File upload questions require signing in to Google, and files go to the form owner's Drive.
- Do not use AI to answer graded quizzes made with Google Forms. It usually breaks academic rules.