# Form status **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** odk-collect\ **Created:** [October 28, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-status/10373 "2017-10-28T10:22:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bhupender\_Bhutani](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/bhupender_bhutani/32/14197_2.png) [@Bhupender\_Bhutani](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Bhupender_Bhutani)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-status/10373/1 "2017-10-28T10:22:38Z")
**What is the problem? Please be detailed.** How to change status of sent form to finalized form **What ODK tool and version are you using? And on what device and operating system version?** **What steps can we take to reproduce the problem?** **What you have you tried to fix the problem?** **Anything else we should know or have? If you have a test form or screenshots or logs, attach here.** ---
**Author:** ![iamnarendrasingh](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/iamnarendrasingh/32/2593_2.png) [@iamnarendrasingh](https://forum.getodk.org/u/iamnarendrasingh)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-status/10373/2 "2017-10-28T11:17:00Z")
After sending a form from ODK it is not possible to change the status of that form. Narendra ---
**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-status/10373/3 "2017-11-03T19:18:39Z")
@Bhupender_Bhutani I'm curious. Why do you want to change the status of the form? Is it because you want to edit it again? ---
**Author:** ![Bhupender\_Bhutani](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/bhupender_bhutani/32/14197_2.png) [@Bhupender\_Bhutani](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Bhupender_Bhutani)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-status/10373/4 "2017-11-04T01:42:03Z")
I lost my server backup so want to retrive data ---
**Author:** ![iamnarendrasingh](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/iamnarendrasingh/32/2593_2.png) [@iamnarendrasingh](https://forum.getodk.org/u/iamnarendrasingh)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-status/10373/5 "2017-11-04T02:04:15Z")
You can check if data is present in device from which you collect data. Below is path Internal memory \>ODK\>instance Here you will find out all instances which you sent from your device. Narendra ---
**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-status/10373/6 "2017-11-04T14:42:04Z")
And if the forms are in the /odk folder, you can also try resending from the device. From the Main Menu, go to Send Finalized Form, tap the Menu option (usually 3 vertical dots), then Change View, then Show Sent and Unsent Forms. Now you should be Select the forms you’d like and resend. ---
**Author:** ![Jefferson\_Francisco](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@Jefferson\_Francisco](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Jefferson_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-status/10373/7 "2018-03-21T17:04:27Z")
I just tried this, in collect it says that the form was sent correctly, but the submitted instance never shows up in Aggregate. What could be the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Jefferson\_Francisco](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@Jefferson\_Francisco](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Jefferson_Francisco)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/form-status/10373/8 "2018-03-21T17:14:45Z")
Oh! I see the forms as incomplete submission in Aggregate under "Form Management" and then "Submission Admin." That wasn't clear to me where to see them. Now I've marked them as complete- great! 🙂