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Tutorial video

Check out Gareth’s tutorial on using Fillout to update existing Airtable records.

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How it works

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Switch to update mode

Open your Airtable form. Click Integrate on the top menu followed by Airtable.Screenshot 2025-11-10 at 10.47.05 AM.pngThen specify that you want to Update record.Screenshot of the Form designer tab of a formYou’ll now get a formula that defines a unique link for every record in your table.
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Use the provided formula

Create a new formula field and copy the formula Fillout provides on the Integrate page.Screenshot of the Form designer tab of a form
3

Publish and share

That’s it! Click Update in the upper right corner. Then, Try out your form in Preview. Your form is automatically pre-filled for whichever record it is updating. This can be changed in the top right area.Screenshot 2025-11-10 at 10.55.06 AM.pngWhen everything’s all good, Publish your form to reflect the changes. To update a record after publishing, click one of the unique links from Airtable.
If you don’t provide an id in the unique URL, the form will create a new record instead.

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Let respondents choose a record to update

Use this approach if you prefer to let respondents choose (in Fillout) which record they’d like to update.

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Advanced next steps (Optional)

You can use update forms in combination with products like Airtable interfaces, Softr, or Stacker. For example, instead of adding a formula in Step 2 above, we could add a Button field. Screenshot of the Form designer tab of a form Then, we can display this button in an Airtable interface, for users to easily edit the record. Screenshot of the Form designer tab of a form

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Airtable specific guides

Create new linked records

Let respondents create records from your form.

Choose a record to update

Let respondents choose from your form.

Create multiple records

Add entries across multiple tables.