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With Google forms, responses are saved into a spreadsheet. You may want to remove some or all responses, but there's no form API that allows that. This gist contains a function that can remove some or all responses, starting with the first (oldest) one. This works with the legacy forms product (pre-February 2013). This was written in response to…
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/** | |
* Delete form response rows. If no input parameter is provided, prompt user | |
* for the number of form response rows to remove. To remove all rows, input | |
* -1. | |
* | |
* Assumes that the form responses are in the active sheet, that there is one | |
* row of 'headers' followed by responses (starting in row 2). | |
* | |
* @param {number} thisMany (Optional) The number of rows to remove. If not | |
* specified, user will be prompted for input. | |
*/ | |
function tidy(thisMany) { | |
if (tidy.arguments.length == 0) { | |
thisMany = Browser.inputBox("How many responses should be tidied? (-1 for all)"); | |
} | |
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet(); | |
if (thisMany == -1) { | |
thisMany = sheet.getDataRange().getNumRows() - 1; | |
} | |
if (thisMany == 0) { | |
// Nothing to do | |
return; | |
} | |
else { | |
// Delete thisMany rows, starting in row 2. | |
sheet.deleteRows(2, thisMany); | |
} | |
} |
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