How to prevent multiple sign-up forms from displaying at once

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Updated Oct 6, 2025, 12:00 AM EST

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Learn how to enable collision prevention display settings to prevent multiple sign-up forms from appearing simultaneously or one after another for your shoppers. If you have multiple sign-up forms live on your website, each with its own rule-based display triggers, enable collision prevention to ensure that the forms won’t overlap and overwhelm your site visitors.

Enable collision prevention

You only need to enable collision-prevention 1 time in your form display settings, and it will apply across all pages on your website once set.

Note that enabling form collision settings will only block collisions between popup, flyout, full page, and banner sign-up forms. Embedded forms and custom-triggered forms will not be impacted by collision prevention display settings.

To enable collision prevention:

  1. Navigate to the Sign-up forms tab.
  2. Select the gear icon in the top right corner.

The gear icon to select in the top corner of the Sign-up forms tab that will open the form display settings menu.

The gear icon to select in the top corner of the Sign-up forms tab that will open the form display settings menu.

  1. In Form settings, select Web if the Web and In-app options are shown. Check the box next to Don't show multiple forms at the same time.
  2. Choose 1 of the following display settings:
  3. Show only one form per session
  4. Show next form after a time delay: Enter a positive whole number and choose seconds, minutes, or hours. The delay starts when a form closes.

The form settings modal with Don't show multiple forms at the same time selected and Show next form after a 5 second time delay selected.

The form settings modal with Don't show multiple forms at the same time selected and Show next form after a 5 second time delay selected.

  1. Click Save.

Moving forward, your selected collision prevention display settings will prevent multiple sign-up forms from showing at the same time or in rapid succession. Keep in mind that:

  • Form teasers follow different rules Teasers shown before a form follow collision prevention settings. However, form teasers configured to appear after a form is closed can still appear when a visitor dismisses that form, even with Show only one form per session selected. The time delay between forms does not delay that form’s own teaser.
  • Frequency settings may be impacted by form display settings If you configure your display settings to Show only one form per session, each visitor will see only 1 eligible form automatically during their visit, even if that form’s Frequency setting allows it to reappear 0 days after closing.

Choose which form appears first

With collision prevention enabled, use Display priority to choose which form appears first when multiple forms are ready to display at the same time. Higher-priority forms appear first. If multiple forms share the same priority, their order is not guaranteed. You can also adjust when a form becomes eligible using its trigger settings in Targeting & behavior.

  1. For a form without an A/B test, go to Sign-up forms, open the 3-dot menu next to the form, and select Edit.
  2. Select Targeting & behavior > Display.
  3. Under Display priority, choose Low, Medium (default), High, or Highest.
  4. Select Publish or schedule, choose the Publish now option, then click Publish now to apply the change to your live form.

For an A/B test, priority is shared across variations and is set on the main form.

The form ID is the 6-character code in the form editor URL (e.g., A12345). It identifies the form. Use different priority levels when you need one eligible form to appear before another.

The Form Id highlighted in the form editor URL for an example sign-up form.

The Form Id highlighted in the form editor URL for an example sign-up form.

Additional resources

Learn about the Targeting & behavior section of the sign-up form editor, where you can control and change when a form appears on your site, and who sees it. Open the form editor for an existing sign-up form, then select Targeting & behavior to adjust the display and targeting settings covered in this guide. - How to manage your sign-up forms

Learn tips for managing your existing sign-up forms so you can ensure they are aesthetically pleasing and functional for customers interested in engaging with your brand. - How to create ADA-friendly sign-up forms

Learn how to use the accessibility assistant feature in the Form Alerts tab of the sign-up forms editor to avoid some of the most common web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) compliance issues. Companies striving to make their websites ADA-friendly should reference and follow WCAG standards. The accessibility assistant guides you in creating sign-up forms that are accessible for all of your site visitors.

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