> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://fillout.com/help/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Email notifications

> Get notified via email when someone submits your form, or encounters an integration-related issue.

## How to turn on email notifications

Open your form. Then, click settings  in the upper right section.

![Screenshot 2025-10-10 at 7.29.35 PM.png](https://mintcdn.com/fillout-005a867b/vShLuVnQNrEulOf_/images/Screenshot2025-10-10at7.29.35PM.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=vShLuVnQNrEulOf_\&q=85\&s=6b59d0d5ebac8b417d675066e3641e90)

Next, toggle the `Self-email notifications` switch and enter your email.

![Screenshot 2025-10-07 at 2.44.02 PM.png](https://mintcdn.com/fillout-005a867b/FO1CY46MT2WrN3L2/images/Screenshot2025-10-07at2.44.02PM.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=FO1CY46MT2WrN3L2\&q=85\&s=84fdfbf3eeb120b91aee86752a09614e)

**Publish** and share your form. You'll now receive an email each time someone submits your form.

Submissions made in **Preview** don't send a self-email notification. To test it, open your form's live link and submit it there.

## Notify colleagues or clients

You can also send your email notifications to more than one person. Add their emails.

Self-email notifications can go to up to 6 addresses on a paid Fillout plan, including **Team** and **Enterprise**, or 2 addresses otherwise. A Zite plan doesn't raise the limit. When you reach 2 addresses on the Fillout **Free** plan, Fillout shows **Upgrade to notify more than 2 email addresses**.

![Screenshot 2025-10-07 at 3.30.56 PM.png](https://mintcdn.com/fillout-005a867b/w8Gb4IqNuBCRno0E/images/Screenshot2025-10-07at3.30.56PM.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=w8Gb4IqNuBCRno0E\&q=85\&s=b91e65890ed72a11bfd0e39ae32f5bce)

> [!NOTE]
>
> If your organization was created on or after October 5, 2026 and has no paid Fillout or Zite plan, notifications only go to members of your organization until you [verify your account](https://main.fillout.com/verify-your-fillout-account) or upgrade. Learn more [here](https://fillout.com/help/respondent-emails.md#verify-your-account-to-send-emails).

## Enable integration error notifications

Sometimes, using third-party integrations can lead to unexpected errors. For example, their service might be down or take too long to respond. Fillout will still save all form responses, and it can also email you with details about the error. The email names the form's owner and the integration that failed, and includes a `View submission` button.

From your dashboard, click your `organization name` in the upper left corner followed by `Settings`.

![Screenshot 2025-12-11 at 5.19.30 PM copy.png](https://mintcdn.com/fillout-005a867b/_2guzxOKeyKHGa1Y/images/Screenshot2025-12-11at5.19.30PMcopy.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=_2guzxOKeyKHGa1Y\&q=85\&s=516caa1f0f97a8b10dad1e321beb7b83)

Scroll down and toggle `Integration alert for forms` to enter your email.

## Send custom emails to respondents

You can also notify respondents when they submit your form. Check out this [guide](https://fillout.com/help/respondent-emails.md).

## Date format in emails

Date answers in notification emails follow the **Date format** set on the question. To change it, click the date field's `settings icon`  and pick a format under **Format**. This applies to self-email notifications, the respondent's copy, abandoned form emails, and submission summaries in emails.

If a question has no format set, dates are sent like `2026-09-29` and date-times like `Sep 29, 2026 2:30 PM`.

> [!NOTE]
>
> A date that you @-mention in a custom email body doesn't use the format you set. It still shows like `2026-09-29`.

## Other notification features

> [card] [Connect to Slack](https://fillout.com/help/slack.md)
>
> Get a Slack notification for every new form submission.

> [card] [Custom emails](https://fillout.com/help/custom-emails.md)
>
> Automate sending, pipe previous answers, and style your email.

> [card] [Respondent emails](https://fillout.com/help/respondent-emails.md)
>
> Notify and email respondents a copy of their editable answers.

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