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Can You Move a Microsoft Form Back to Personal Forms?
Question details
The user needs to know if a Microsoft Form can be reverted from a group location back to a personal workspace without losing its original ID.
- Product
- Microsoft Forms
- Device & OS
- not provided
- Scenario
- A form was moved from a personal workspace to a group, breaking existing Power Automate workflows, and the user wants to revert this action.
- Observed behavior
- Moving the form created a new location and changed the Form ID, which disrupts integrations, and there is no native option to directly transfer it back.
Before proceeding, note all active Power Automate flows connected to your form, as you will need to manually reconfigure them with a new Form ID.
Duplicate the Group Form to Your Personal Workspace
Since a direct transfer back to personal forms is not supported, duplicating the form allows you to host a copy in your personal space, though connections must be updated.
Microsoft Forms currently restricts moving group forms back to personal workspaces while retaining the original form ID. The best workaround is to duplicate the existing group form so you can own it personally again.
Log into Microsoft Forms and navigate to the 'My groups' section to find and open the form you previously moved.
Click on the 'Share' or 'Collaborate or Duplicate' button in the upper right corner, then select 'Get a link to duplicate' and copy the generated URL.
Paste the copied link into your web browser's address bar and hit Enter. Click the 'Duplicate it' button that appears at the top of the page to save a new copy to your personal workspace.
Open Power Automate, locate your broken flows, and edit the trigger to point to the newly generated Form ID of your duplicated form.
Submit Feature Feedback to Microsoft
Report the lack of a transfer-back feature or confirmation dialog to help Microsoft improve future functionality.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why did my Power Automate flow break when I moved the form to a group?
Moving a form from a personal workspace to a group generates a new location and alters its properties. Because Power Automate relies on the original, specific Form ID to trigger workflows, the connection breaks and must be manually updated with the new group form ID.
Is there an undo button for moving a Microsoft Form?
No, Microsoft Forms does not currently feature an 'undo' button or a direct option to revert a group form back to a personal workspace once the transfer is completed.
Will duplicating a Microsoft Form keep my previous responses?
No, duplicating a form only copies the questions, logic, and structure. The previous survey responses will remain strictly with the original form located in the group workspace.
