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Captchas
CleanTalk
Follow the below steps to connect Formie to the CleanTalk API.
Step 1. Open the Captcha Settings
- Navigate to Formie → Settings → Captchas.
- Select CleanTalk in the left-hand sidebar.
- Turn on Enabled.
Step 2. Get your CleanTalk Access Key
- Go to CleanTalk (opens new window) and create an account, or sign in to an existing one.
- Add your website in the CleanTalk dashboard if prompted.
- Open your CleanTalk Control Panel at
https://cleantalk.org/my. - Copy your Access key. In Formie this is entered as the API Key.
Step 3. Connect Formie to CleanTalk
- Paste the access key into the API Key field in Formie.
- Save the captcha settings.
Step 4. Form Setting
- Go to the form you want to protect.
- Enable CleanTalk for that form.
- For multi-page forms, turn on Show on All Pages if the spam check should run on every page instead of only the final submit step.
- Save the form.
CleanTalk screens submissions in the background, so there is no visible challenge on the front end.
Last updated: June 2, 2026, 3:49:09 PM