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# Require login to submit

Lock a form so only signed-in customers can see and submit it — for member forms, wholesale requests and VIP services.

This makes customers log into their store account before they can fill in the form. It suits member-only forms, wholesale requests, VIP services, and anything that should not be open to the public.

## 🛠️ Turn it on

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#### Open the form's General settings

* Open the app, click **Forms**, open the form
* Click the **Setting** icon in the left rail > click **General**

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#### Tick "Required login"

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#### Write the message

Edit the required-login message visitors see in place of the form.
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#### Save

Click **Save**.
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## ✅ How it works

**1. A visitor opens the page while signed out.**

The form is locked. Instead of the fields they see your message — for example *"Please login to continue."* — with your store's login link included automatically.

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**2. They click the login link.**

It sends them to your store's Shopify login page at `/account/login`. After signing in, Shopify sends them straight back to the form page.

**3. The form unlocks.**

The fields appear, and they can fill in and submit as usual.

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## Next steps

* [Edit customer account page](/customers-and-registration/account-page.md) — let signed-in customers update their own details.
* [Display submission list in account page](/customers-and-registration/account-submissions.md) — show them what they have already sent.
* [Customer account approval](/customers-and-registration/approve-or-deny.md) — decide who gets an account in the first place.