Title: Limiting submission count
Last modified: October 10, 2018

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# Limiting submission count

 *  Resolved [reinispro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reinispro/)
 * (@reinispro)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-submission-count/)
 * Hello,
 * Is there a way to limit submission count, not just for one user (I know that 
   function exists) but as a whole. I need to accept lets say 40 submissions from
   different users, and then for the form to lock or something elso, so others can’t
   submit.

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 *  [shinerweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinerweb/)
 * (@shinerweb)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-submission-count/#post-10767349)
 * Go to your form settings, click on restrictions, set the “Limit Submissions” 
   field.
 * See the Docs at: [https://ninjaforms.com/docs/form-settings/](https://ninjaforms.com/docs/form-settings/)
 *  Thread Starter [reinispro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reinispro/)
 * (@reinispro)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-submission-count/#post-10769985)
 * But doesn’t that option just limit submission count for one user? I need to limit
   submission count for from all users. I organize event with 50 free spaces, I 
   have limited one ticket per user, but how I can close registration, when I reach
   those 50 users?
    Or maybe I don’t get that option you mentioned.
 *  Thread Starter [reinispro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reinispro/)
 * (@reinispro)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-submission-count/#post-10770018)
 * Ok, sorry, my mistake, your mentioned option does exactly that.
 *  Thread Starter [reinispro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reinispro/)
 * (@reinispro)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-submission-count/#post-10770019)
 * Ok, new problem. Now I can control total count of submissions, but how to limit
   user to only 1 submission? I need these submissions to be unique, like 1 submission
   from 1 user, but now, one user can fill all submissions.
    Is there an option 
   for this?
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by [reinispro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reinispro/).
 *  [shinerweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shinerweb/)
 * (@shinerweb)
 * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-submission-count/#post-10784450)
 * Hi [@reinispro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reinispro/),
    Yup, you can
   do that by setting the Unique field to the email address of the form submitter(
   or another field that is specific to each of your users – which is usually the
   email address).
 * Instructions here: [https://ninjaforms.com/docs/unique-field-validation/](https://ninjaforms.com/docs/unique-field-validation/)

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-submission-count/#post-10784450)
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