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title: Restrict Blank Form Submission with Fluent Forms
description: "Fluent Forms allows you to prevent users from submitting blank forms, reduce spam, and ensure only meaningful entries are recorded.  This guide will show you how to **Protect Blank Form Submissions** with **Fluent Forms**. [How to Restrict Blank Form Submissions…"
url: "https://fluentforms.com/docs/restrict-blank-form-submission-with-fluent-forms/"
updated: "2025-06-03"
category: Form Building / Form Settings
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# Restrict Blank Form Submission with Fluent Forms

Fluent Forms allows you to prevent users from submitting blank forms, reduce spam, and ensure only meaningful entries are recorded. 

This guide will show you how to **Protect Blank Form Submissions** with **Fluent Forms**.

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### Access Form Settings

First, go to **Forms** from the Fluent Forms Navbar and select the **Desired Form** for which form you want to protect for blank submission.

![form settings blank form 01 scaled 47791](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/form-settings-blank-form-01-scaled.webp)

Now, move to the Form **Settings & Integrations** tab and select **Scheduling & Restrictions** (located below the **Scheduling & Restrictions** section).

![Scheduling Restrictions 02 scaled 47791](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Scheduling-Restrictions-02-scaled.webp)

### Enable Empty Submission Blocking

Now, find the **Empty Submission Blocking** section and enable the option **Deny empty submission** to activate this feature.

After that, define the message users will see when submitting a blank form.

For example: "Your form submission is incomplete. Please fill out all required fields." This message ensures users understand why their submission was blocked.

Once you have completed customizing the form, click the **Save Settings** button to finalize and apply the configuration.

![customize the message 03 scaled 47791](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/customize-the-message-03-scaled.webp)

The preview of the restricted blank form submission is shown in the screenshot below.

![Preview blank restrict form 04 47791](https://fluentforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Preview-blank-restrict-form-04.webp)

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