Quick summary
To change a SurveyMonkey survey to draft, you need to delete the active collector linked to the survey, which stops response collection and returns the survey to an editable draft state. This process takes under a minute using the Collect Responses tab and the collector settings menu.
Steps
- Open your survey by navigating to your SurveyMonkey home page and clicking on the desired active survey.
- Go to the Collect Responses tab inside the survey editor.
- Click the ellipsis icon (three-dot menu) next to the survey collector you want to remove.
- From the dropdown menu, select Delete Collector.
- Click Delete Collector again in the confirmation dialog to confirm the action.
- Your survey is now returned to draft status, with no active collectors and response collection stopped.
