Why add or delete questions?
Questions are the foundation of your template editor experience. With SafetyCulture, you have complete control over what goes into your templates. Adding or deleting questions gives you the flexibility to customize each template to match your team's workflows. This flexibility is especially useful when your inspection needs change, whether you're expanding the scope of a checklist or streamlining it by removing what's no longer relevant.
For example, you might add questions with different template response types that require text, numbers, media, location, or assets, or remove outdated questions to keep inspections focused and efficient. By customizing your questions, you ensure every template remains relevant, easy to use, and aligned with the way your team works.
What you'll need
Published changes made to templates only apply to new inspections moving forward.
Add a question
Select Templates in the sidebar or select it in More.
Click the template and select Edit templatein the side panel.
Select where you want to insert the new question.
Click Add new at the bottom of the page and select Question.
You can also click Question on the left-hand side to add a question under the highlighted question.
Start typing to label the question and click on the right-hand side to select its type of response.
Click Publish on the upper-right of the page to publish the template. If you're not ready to publish the template, you can go back to the templates list and come back when you're ready.
You can bulk add questions by copying questions from external documents or other templates.
Bulk add questions
Log in to the web app.
Select Templates in the sidebar or select it in More.
Click the template and select Edit templatein the side panel.
Click the question line where you want to add the questions.
Click under the "Type of response" column on the right-hand side and select the response type you want the questions to use.
Open your external document and copy the list of questions.
Return to the web app and press Ctrl + V(Windows) or Cmd+ V (macOS) on your keyboard to paste the questions.
Click Publish on the upper-right of the page to publish the template. If you're not ready to publish the template, you can go back to the templates list and come back when you're ready.
You can build your templates using other response types, such as text answer, number, and media.
Deleting and re-creating a question won’t link it to the original, preventing you from efficiently viewing, filtering, or tracking data by responses in Analytics.
Delete a question
Select Templates in the sidebar or select it in More.
Click the template and select Edit templatein the side panel.
Select the question you want to delete.
Click on the right-hand side to delete the question.
Click Publish on the upper-right of the page to publish the template. If you're not ready to publish the template, you can go back to the templates list and come back when you're ready.
Bulk delete questions
Select Templates in the sidebar or select it in More.
Click the template and select Edit templatein the side panel.
Click and drag your cursor across the questions you want to delete to select them.
Click Delete at the bottom of the page.
In the pop-up window, click Delete.
Click Publish at the upper-right of the page to publish the template. If you're not ready to publish the template, you can go back to the templates list and come back when you're ready.
Limitations
You can only add up to 40 nested questions at a time.
You can only add questions in bulk via the web app to ensure an optimized experience.
