Anonymous feedback form template
An anonymous suggestion box for staff, members or parents: what it is about, what they want to say, and a reply only if they choose to leave an email.
What is this about? (optional)
Your feedback
One specific example helps more than a general comment.
Which area does it relate to? (optional)
Your role (optional)
Broad on purpose. Skip it if you would rather not say.
Would you like a reply? (optional)
A reply needs an email address, which means we will know who sent this.
6 questions · about 2 min · logic · prefill from the link
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Print it as a PDF Word version
Change the questions in Word, then print.
What you get back
Every response lands in your results the moment it is sent. Turn on email notifications and each one arrives like this, and the same answers become a row in your spreadsheet.
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Subject New response to Anonymous feedback
- What is this about? (optional)
- A suggestion
- Your feedback
- Schedules come out on Friday afternoon for the following Monday. Could they be posted a week ahead, so people can arrange childcare?
- Which area does it relate to? (optional)
- The organization as a whole
- Your role (optional)
- Staff
- Would you like a reply? (optional)
- No
| submitted_at | What is this about? (optional) | Your feedback | Which area does it relate to? (optional) | Your role (optional) | Would you like a reply? (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2026 09:41 | A suggestion | Schedules come out on Friday afternoon for the following Monday. Could they be posted a week ahead, so people can arrange childcare? | The organization as a whole | Staff | No |
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What happens after someone submits
An anonymous form builds no contact list, and most responses can’t be answered.
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Submitted
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Feedback arrives
AI triage sums up each response and tags its theme, without seeing an email address or which link it came from.
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Once a day or once a week
A digest counts the new feedback and lists anything urgent.
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Someone asks for a reply
Answer from their response, and their reply comes back into the same thread.
What this form asks, and why
Questions about things people see and could change, one box for a specific example, and nothing only one person could answer. Ask “What should we stop doing?” or “What would make your week easier?”, never for a project name, a shift or a date that points to one person.
| Question | Why it is there |
|---|---|
| What is this about? (optional) | Optional, and about the feedback rather than the person. |
| Your feedback Required | The only required question. The hint asks for one example, which is easier to act on than a general complaint. |
| Which area does it relate to? (optional) | Sends a concern to the right team without asking who wrote it. |
| Your role (optional) | Useful for reporting, and the answer most likely to give someone away. Delete it if any option would cover only a handful of people. |
| Would you like a reply? (optional) | Makes giving up anonymity a deliberate choice rather than a default. |
| Email for the reply Required Only when “Would you like a reply? (optional)” is Yes | Shown only after a yes, with a note that says plainly an email identifies the sender. |
What we left out
- A required name or email. A required identity field makes the form’s title untrue. Replies are opt-in instead.
- A file upload. Photos and documents can carry author names, device and location details, and screenshots show whose account took them.
How the form changes as people answer
Most people see a shorter form. These questions and screens only appear when an answer calls for them.
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When “What is this about? (optional)” is “A concern”
shows “An anonymous message cannot be followed up”
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When “Would you like a reply? (optional)” is Yes
shows “Email for the reply”
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When “Email for the reply” is answered
shows the “Thanks, we’ll reply” ending
Make it yours
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Say who reads it
Name who reads the responses in the opening note and on the thank-you screen, so people know whose inbox their words land in.
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Name the formal channel
The note shown for concerns points to HR or the whistleblowing line. Name yours so serious matters go where they can be investigated.
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One link per group, never per person
Add ?group=warehouse to a link and every response from it carries that group. Never put a name in a link: it identifies whoever uses it.
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Switch the wording for a school or club
Pick “School, club or community” above the preview for parent, student and member roles and the safeguarding lead as the channel.
Good practice and the law
- Australia
APP 2: people must be able to deal with an organization without identifying themselves, unless the law requires it or it is impracticable. OAIC, APP 2
- UK
Answers that can be linked back to a person with other information you hold are still personal data. ICO, introduction to anonymisation
Questions about this template
Can I see who sent a response?
Not unless they leave an email for a reply. With Anonymous responses on, the form keeps the answers, when they were sent and the ?group= value from the link, but no IP address (not even as a hash), browser, device or location.
What can still give someone away?
What they write, an email they choose to leave, and small groups: in a team of four, “Manager” is a name. The send time is kept, so avoid sending the link to one person at a time.
Can I run it as an anonymous survey?
Yes. Add a rating question above the feedback box, keep Anonymous responses on and send one link to everyone. Results shows the average rating, and Compare by splits it by the group from each link. For a class, the course feedback form is anonymous already.
What should I do with the feedback?
Read it the same week, then tell the whole group what you heard, what will change and what won’t. You can’t answer anyone one by one, so that update is the only reply most people get.
Is anonymous the same as confidential?
No. Anonymous means you do not know who wrote it; confidential means you know and will not tell. This form is anonymous unless someone leaves an email.
Which form do you need?
Not quite the job? One of these may fit, or browse all contact and feedback forms.
- customer feedback form
When customers are rating a visit or purchase and may want a reply.
- incident report form
When a specific incident needs names, dates and witnesses so it can be investigated.
- online contact form
When the person expects an answer and is happy to say who they are.
Start with the anonymous feedback form template
Open it in the editor, fill in who reads the responses and share one link with the whole group.
By Michael Hodge, founder of PulseFormCreator. Updated 23 Sep 2026.