There are an infinite number of ways that people can submit phone numbers, addresses, and other data into Google Forms, resulting in messy data that you have to clean up.

Response validation is a “hidden” feature of Google Forms that lets you establish rules for responses ranging from proper email addresses to consistently formatted phone numbers. You can even define custom rules using regular expressions!

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Video Timeline:

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:44 Rules for email & response length
• 2:12 Enable response validation
• 3:55 Checkbox selection rules
• 5:14 “Password” validation rule
• 7:28 Create custom rules with regular expressions
• 9:54 Using RegExLib.com
• 11:55 Additional form resources

Additional links & resources:

• Make a copy of my demo form
• Regular Expression Library
• 30 ways to use forms in the classroom
• Google Forms & Sheets for Educators (online course)