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Keep bots out of every form and signup on your site with Google reCAPTCHA. It works in the background, so visitors never see a puzzle or tick a box. Who can do this: Admins and Owners.

Protection you already have

Even with reCAPTCHA off, every form has basic protection:
  • A hidden trap field. People never see it, but many bots fill it in. Those submissions are quietly dropped.
  • A limit on repeat sending. One visitor can’t send a form over and over. After too many tries in a short time, they see “Too many submissions. Please wait a moment and try again.”

Set up spam protection

Before you start:
  • You need a Google account to create reCAPTCHA keys.
  • Know your site’s web address, such as parkerspuppyplayland.example.
1

Open Connections

In the toolbar, choose Connections. Or open the command palette (⌘K, or Ctrl+K on Windows) and choose Connections (T then E).
2

Open the card

Under Essentials, choose Spam protection. Its badge says Off.
Connections open on the Spam protection card with Enable reCAPTCHA v3 on, the Setup guide — reCAPTCHA v3 keys expanded, Site key (public) filled and Secret key empty.Connections open on the Spam protection card with Enable reCAPTCHA v3 on, the Setup guide — reCAPTCHA v3 keys expanded, Site key (public) filled and Secret key empty.

The Spam protection card with its setup guide open.

3

Switch it on

Turn on Enable reCAPTCHA v3. The rest of the card appears.
4

Get your keys

Open Setup guide — reCAPTCHA v3 keys and follow it. In Google’s reCAPTCHA console, create a Score based (v3) key and add your site’s domain.
5

Paste the keys

Copy Google’s site key into Site key (public) and its secret key into Secret key.
6

Save

Choose Save at the top right. The secret key is now stored safely. From now on it shows as dots, with Replace and Remove.

Choose how strict it is

Google gives each submission a score from 0.0 (almost surely a bot) to 1.0 (almost surely a person). Under Advanced options, Minimum passing score sets the lowest score that gets through. It starts at 0.5, which suits most sites.
  • Raise it, for example to 0.7, if spam still gets through.
  • Lower it, for example to 0.3, if real visitors are turned away.

What happens next

Once spam protection is saved, every form and signup on your site is checked. There’s nothing to change on each form. Submissions that fail never reach your form submissions, your emails or your Google Sheets.

Troubleshooting

Your site couldn’t reach Google to check the submission. This is usually brief. Ask the visitor to try again in a moment.If it keeps happening, contact Fetchski Support.
Google scored the visitor below your Minimum passing score, or the keys don’t match your site.In Google’s reCAPTCHA console, check that your domain is listed on the key, and that the key is Score based (v3). If real visitors still get this message, lower the score.
A form that accepts file uploads needs spam protection turned on. Follow Set up spam protection above, and uploads work straight away.

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