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Draft a survey

Last updated: 16 Oct 2026

Use this guide to build and review a survey in Draft status before you publish it. For survey creators.

A new survey starts in Draft status. A draft is private, so attendees cannot open it. Use the draft to review your content and logic.

What you can do in a draft

  • Edit and revise: change questions, adjust logic and add new elements until the survey matches your goals.
  • Preview: see how the survey will look to attendees.
  • Prepare to publish: add at least one question, because a survey with no questions cannot be published.
  • Finalize the content, question flow and logic. After you publish, you cannot add, delete, copy or reorder questions. If a published survey already has responses, you also cannot save changes to its questions.
The panel on the left of a draft survey. The Draft step of the Draft, Published and Archived status path is highlighted.

Create and prepare a draft

  1. Open InPoll and go to the Surveys tab.
  2. Click Create Survey.
  3. Enter a Survey Title and, if you want, a Description.
  4. Click Create Survey. The survey opens in the survey builder with the status Draft.
  5. On the Questions tab, click Add New Question and add your questions. Add advanced features, such as logic, if you need them.
The survey builder for a draft survey. The Questions tab lists the questions, and the left panel shows the Draft status and the Survey Scheduler button.
  1. To schedule the survey, click Survey Scheduler in the left panel and set the dates. See Schedule a survey.
  2. Click the Preview tab to check how the survey looks and works.
  3. When the survey is ready, click Published in the status path in the left panel. See Publish a survey.

Good to know

  • To return to the builder later, select the survey and click Edit Survey in the left panel.
  • Draft is the only status in which you can delete a survey. See Delete a survey.

Next: Publish a survey

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