Skip validation when previewing your form

Skip Validation is a switch in the preview modal that lets you move through a form while testing without being stopped by client-side field validation. It is a testing aid inside the builder, not a change to the validation rules your published form enforces.

Turn on Skip Validation

You turn it on from the full-form preview inside the builder, not from a block's settings panel.

1. Open your form in the builder.

2. Click the Preview control in the builder navigation to open the preview modal.

3. In the preview modal header, turn on the Skip Validation switch.

The preview reloads when you flip the switch, and the next time you open the preview the setting is still on.

What it bypasses

With Skip Validation on, the preview lets you advance past the client-side checks that normally block a block from moving forward. That includes required fields, required signatures, email and phone format checks, email and phone verification requirements, number minimum and maximum limits, URL format checks, textarea minimum-character checks, checkbox selection limits, required matrix rows, and required contact and address subfields.

What it does not bypass

Skip Validation only affects the client-side checks that decide whether the current block can advance. It does not let you past guards such as an offline state, a movement lock, an active file upload, a completed form, or a form with no next block. Server-side validation still runs on real submissions, so required files, file type and size limits, reCAPTCHA, verification, and rate limits are still enforced when a published form is submitted.

Skip Validation vs. force_reload

Skip Validation and the force_reload=true parameter solve different testing problems. Skip Validation lets you advance past field validation, while force_reload=true clears previously remembered answers so you start a fresh test. If your preview is prefilled with answers from an earlier test, use force_reload=true instead.