Form submission goals (no field data)

What it is

A Form goal on your dashboard counts unique visitors who submitted a named form (or any form). It uses the Form sent events from the optional forms.js add-on — the same events the Forms card already shows. You can add one from Add goal → Form, or tap Make a goal on a form in the Forms card.

Why it matters

A visit to a thank-you page is a useful proxy, but the form itself is the moment that mattered. This counts that moment without ever reading what anyone typed.

How it works

1. Add forms.js next to your quietstats tag if it is not already there. Name a form with data-qs-form="Newsletter", or quietstats uses the form’s id, name or action.
2. On your dashboard, Add goal → Form, and type the form name (or * for every form sent). Or open the Forms card and tap Make a goal next to a form.
3. The goal counts unique visitors who sent that form in the range. It works in funnels with your other goals. Field names can still appear in drop-off; field values are never collected.

Privacy: what is and isn’t collected

Collected

• The form’s name (from data-qs-form, id, name or action) and that it was sent
• The page path

Never collected

• Anything typed into a field
• Field values, keystrokes or lengths
• Cookies, localStorage or anything else stored on the visitor’s device
• IP addresses or user agents (used in memory, then discarded)
• Anything that links a visitor across days (the visitor ID resets daily)

How quietstats works, and the legal caveats →

Rows and limits

• Needs the forms.js add-on (~1 KB, optional)
• 0 extra rows: it reads Form sent events you already collect
• Form names are cut to 40 characters
• Core script.js is unchanged (845 B)

“Rows” are database rows written, which is what our hosting is billed on. Reads are not rows written. Methodology →