How to change the placeholder text in Google Forms?

You cannot change the default "Your answer" placeholder text directly in Google Forms, but you can use the Formfacade add-on to update the placeholder text. You can also pre-fill answers to questions, hide questions or make the answers read-only.

You cannot change the default "Your answer" placeholder text directly in Google Forms, but you can use the Formfacade add-on to update the placeholder text. You can also pre-fill answers to questions, hide questions or make the answers read-only.

How to change the default placeholder text?

Pre-requisite: You must have installed the Formfacade add-on for Google Forms. If you haven't installed the add-on yet, you can install it from G Suite marketplace using this link. https://gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/formfacade/743872305260

The default placeholder text for Short Answer & Paragraph type questions is "Your answer". You can delete or update this placeholder text using Formfacade's customize option.

Step 1: Open your Google Form, click on the add-on icon and select "Formfacade"
Step 2: Formfacade popup menu will be displayed. Select "Customize this form"
Step 3: Customize introduction popup screen will be displayed. Click on the Proceed button.
Step 4: Formfacade customize admin interface will open in a new tab. Click on the gear icon next to the short answer question.
Step 5: Field settings popup will be displayed. Question tab has the options to update the question, description and placeholder text. Enter the placeholder text and click on the Save button.
The default "Your answer" placeholder text in Google Forms will be replaced with the text added in Placeholder. For example, you can show "Enter your full name" placeholder text for "Name" question.