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Share your survey link

About the survey link

Every survey has a link. Whoever opens it gets to your survey, or to a page that asks for an access code, depending on the access mode. You send the link yourself, by email, chat, newsletter or on your website, or you share it as a QR code or on social media.

The link has the form https://<your survey site>/<survey ID>, followed by the language of the survey. All sharing options are on the Share page: click Share in the top bar of the editor.

Copy the survey link

  1. Open the survey and click Share in the top bar. Sharing overview opens.

  2. If the survey has several languages, choose the language of the link under Survey language version (1).

  3. Check the access mode (2). With Anyone with link, everyone who has the link can take the survey. See Access mode: choose who can take your survey.

  4. Click Copy (3) and paste the link where your participants will see it.

The sharing overview with six areas numbered 1 to 6, from the language version to the social media icons

Note: Participants can take the survey only while it is active. See Activate your survey.

Give the link a readable address

Instead of the survey ID, the link can end with a name of your choice, for example customer-feedback:

  1. Click Customize link (4). A field Enter survey alias appears behind the address of your survey site.

  2. Enter the name and click Save.

The alias applies to the language selected under Survey language version. Choose another language to give it its own alias. The link with the survey ID keeps working.

Share the QR code

Click Download QR code (5) to save the QR code as an image. Scanning it opens the survey link. Use it on posters, flyers, slides and printed letters.

Under Sharing options > QR code (the gear in the left toolbar), you find a QR code for each language of the survey.

Share on social media

Click an icon under Share on social media (6): Facebook, email, LinkedIn or X. The icon opens the sharing page of that service, or your email program, with the survey link filled in.

Next steps

FAQ

What does newtest=Y at the end of the link do?

It makes the link start a fresh session: a browser that still has the survey open starts at the beginning instead of continuing. Leave it in the link.

How do I remove the alias?

Click Customize link, clear the field and click Save. The link ends with the survey ID again.

Why does my survey show a Made in LimeSurvey button?

It depends on your plan. See How do I remove the LimeSurvey branding?