Limit how many options a respondent can select

You can cap how many options one person picks on a Checkboxes or Multi-select question, for example "pick up to 3".

You set it by asking the AI chat in the builder. You won't find a switch for it in the question editor.

1. Open your form in the builder.
2. In the chat box, say which question and what the limit is. For example: "Let people pick up to 3 options in Which topics interest you?"
3. The AI confirms that the maximum is set.

Put the limit in your question's label too, such as "Pick up to 3". Your respondents don't get a counter, so the label is how they know.

#What respondents see

Once someone has picked the maximum, the options they haven't ticked are disabled. They can still untick one and choose another.

On Checkboxes, the Other option counts as one pick.

Makeform checks the limit again when your form is submitted.

An answer over the limit is refused with "Select at most N options."

#Limits

• You can use any whole number from 1 to 1000.
• You can set it on every plan.
• It's per respondent. To cap how many people in total can take an option, see Limit responses per option.
• You can't set a minimum, such as "choose at least 2". Required only means at least one.
• It doesn't apply to Multiple choice questions.

On Free, the AI chat is locked on forms with more than 20 questions.

So you can't set or change the limit on those forms.