# Limit No. of Submissions from a device

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/limit-no-of-submissions-from-a-device/9476>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** odk-aggregate\
**Created:** [August 21, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/limit-no-of-submissions-from-a-device/9476 "2017-08-21T05:52:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![danbjoseph](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/danbjoseph/32/21901_2.png) [@danbjoseph](https://forum.getodk.org/u/danbjoseph)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/limit-no-of-submissions-from-a-device/9476/3 "2017-08-22T15:29:50Z")

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Hi @mistcrrgpsa, I'm not aware of a way to do this. You could post-process the data to remove submissions if a device has submitted too many. Your form can include [metadata](http://xlsform.org/#metadata) that will automatically record data about the device. Include these and you should be able to check the number of submissions from a device.

```plaintext
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| type | Meaning |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------+
| deviceid | IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) |
| subscriberid | IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) |
| simserial | SIM serial number. |
| phonenumber | Phone number (if available). |
+--------------+-------------------------------------------------+

```

Also, welcome to the ODK forums! We're glad you're here. It'd be great if you could add a profile picture and post to the [Introduce yourself here!](https://forum.getodk.org/t/introduce-yourself-here/6671) thread.

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