Pre-fill fields
Set a default value to pre-populate form fields, based on previous inputs, URL parameters or even information from 3rd party integrations.
How to pre-fill a field
You can pre-fill Fillout questions with either static or dynamic data from integrations like Airtable and Notion. To set the pre-fill value, click a field. On the right-hand panel, click
+
to look for a default value.![notion image](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%252F2a7ed980-5add-4b51-82ab-889415f57134%252F9ef67033-85bc-442b-9bae-c4a82404e78b%252FScreen_Shot_2023-11-09_at_10.36.53_AM.png%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3D983f4dca-3a44-48df-a1b8-6723103e4df9%26cache%3Dv2&w=3840&q=75)
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Pre-fill basics
You can set a fixed value as the pre-fill by just typing some text under Default value.
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If you click the blue
+
icon, you can pre-fill the field with:- Answer to another Fillout field
Pre-fill with external data like Airtable or Notion
See reading and referencing external data. Here's an example of referencing data from the Airtable record the form is editing.
![notion image](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2Fimage%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%252F2a7ed980-5add-4b51-82ab-889415f57134%252F69e14a9d-b7ea-4df8-b1e0-733b70460278%252FScreenshot_2024-06-26_at_5.06.29_PM.png%3Ftable%3Dblock%26id%3Df59eade4-0e18-4b68-8473-d1cf9c98a9d9%26cache%3Dv2&w=3840&q=75)
Pre-fill an integration with a fixed/static value
Read our guide on writing a static value to an integration.
Pre-fill using a custom date
See our guide to pre-filling dates for your respondents.
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