Instant Gmail Notifications for Google Form Submissions

Description

Get a single Gmail notification immediately whenever someone submits your Google Forms. The workflow watches the Form-linked Google Sheets for new rows and sends a clean, readable email within about a minute—perfect for time-sensitive workflows.

Context

Stay responsive to urgent requests without inbox overload. Get notified immediately when new submissions arrive, with all key details in one clean email.

Who is this for?

  • Teams collecting support requests, project inputs, or approvals.

  • Anyone who needs to respond quickly to new form submissions.

  • Perfect for time-sensitive workflows.

Requirements

  • Google account

  • A Google Forms linked to a Google Sheets (Responses → “Link to Sheet”)

  • Gmail account connected to n8n (OAuth)

Steps

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🗒️ Use the sticky notes in the n8n canvas to:

  • Create a Google Forms and link it to a Google Sheets.

  • Credentials: Add/verify Google (Sheets) and Gmail credentials in n8n.

  • Add Google Sheets Trigger node.

  • Spreadsheet: your Form-linked sheet.

  • Polling interval: every 1 minute (or adjust as needed).

  • Send Gmail: Add Gmail node and set up recipient team inbox or on-call email.

  • Test & Activate: Submit a sample form, wait 1 minute, confirm the email.

  • Make sure the workflow is always activated

You’ll get this:
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A Gmail message with key details (requester, summary, priority, link to the sheet), easy to scan and act on.

Tutorial video

Watch the Youtube Tutorial video

How it works

⏰ Trigger: workflow runs every time you get a request from the form (trigger checks every minute)

📝 Prepare: Format the submission into a concise message.

📨 Notify: Sends one Gmail email per submission

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