How to Add an Other Answer Option
The “Other” answer option allows respondents to write a freeform answer for a question.
These alternatives are useful for a few reasons. Firstly, you may not have the time or space to list a full set of answers to a question. Secondly, you may forget or fail to include answer options that respondents consider to be relevant. Lastly, it gives your respondents more agency in the completion process by providing space for a personal answer.
How to Add an ‘Other’ Answer Option
Section titled “How to Add an ‘Other’ Answer Option”- Click a question to open its settings panel
- Click Show more settings
- Enable the ‘“Other” text choice’ switch
- A new answer field will be inserted containing the text “Other (Please Specify)“
Which Question Types can have an ‘Other’ Answer Option?
Section titled “Which Question Types can have an ‘Other’ Answer Option?”How Respondents Interact with the Other Box
Section titled “How Respondents Interact with the Other Box”The “Other” option will operate as a Text Box (Single), where participants can click the answer field and enter a short amount of text.
How to Delete an ‘Other’ Answer Option
Section titled “How to Delete an ‘Other’ Answer Option”You remove these answer types in the same way you’d delete any other. Click into the field you wish to remove and an ‘X’ will appear at the bottom-right of the answer box.
Alternatively, you can disable the “Other” text choice switch in the question’s settings panel (click the question, then Show more settings).