# Form Encryption

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-encryption/30295>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** ona, enketo\
**Created:** [September 30, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-encryption/30295 "2020-09-30T11:33:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![CORNELIUS\_KIPLIMO](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/cornelius_kiplimo/32/13216_2.png) [@CORNELIUS\_KIPLIMO](https://forum.getodk.org/u/CORNELIUS_KIPLIMO)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-encryption/30295/1 "2020-09-30T11:33:14Z")

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Dear all,

I have a form on ONA that has submissions in it. Is it possible to encrypt a form that has submissions already when it wasn't encrypted before submissions were made?

I know that one can encrypt the form before any submissions are made. But my form was not encrypted initially and I have tried to encrypt the xform and **replace** it on the ONA account but encryption does not seem to work when the form has data already.

I have tried replacing a blank non-encrypted form with an encrypted form and it works, confirming my suspicion.

Can someone show me how to replace a non-blank non-encrypted form with an encrypted form?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Grzesiek2010](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/grzesiek2010/32/2881_2.png) [@Grzesiek2010](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Grzesiek2010)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-encryption/30295/2 "2020-10-01T07:52:51Z")

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Hi @CORNELIUS_KIPLIMO  
welcome to the forum! Please [introduce yourself here!](https://forum.getodk.org/t/introduce-yourself-here/6671)

since you are using ONA you should ask your question on their forum [https://groups.google.com/g/ona-community](https://groups.google.com/g/ona-community)