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# Validate formemails

> Collect accurate data with real-time email validation. Disallow free email accounts (e.g. Gmail) or only allow valid email addresses, based on an external database check.

## How to validate business emails

First, add an `Email` field to your form and click its <Icon icon="gear-complex" iconType="solid" /> to open the right-hand panel settings.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/fillout-005a867b-dependabot-npm-and-yarn-form-data-4-0-6/n9ebohD05VHZJ-H5/images/Screenshot2025-11-05at3.56.13PM.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=n9ebohD05VHZJ-H5&q=85&s=7a5ba69f0db1cd8373c04b4607d418fb" alt="Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 3.56.13 PM.png" width="1937" height="443" data-path="images/Screenshot2025-11-05at3.56.13PM.png" />

Head to the **Enrich** section where you can:

* **Disallow free email accounts** - to block free email accounts (e.g., @yahoo.com, @gmail.com, and @hotmail.com) and require business or org emails only
* **Validate email addresses** - to only allow valid emails to be submitted. Fillout calls a third party service to check if the email is valid. This helps prevent typos, like if someone types [jeff@amazon.co](mailto:jeff@amazon.co) instead of [jeff@amazon.com](mailto:jeff@amazon.com)
* **Enrich with Apollo** - route leads to different pages based on company details. More info [here](https://www.fillout.com/help/lead-enrichment).
* **Send verification code** - to send OTPs to emails or phone numbers. Check out the guide [here](/email-sms-otp).

Validation rules are enforced when respondent tries to proceed to the next page.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/fillout-005a867b-dependabot-npm-and-yarn-form-data-4-0-6/n9ebohD05VHZJ-H5/images/Screenshot2025-11-05at4.00.07PM.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=n9ebohD05VHZJ-H5&q=85&s=28d84870e49cdd05f4b019fb000ba6f4" alt="Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 4.00.07 PM.png" title="Screenshot 2025-11-05 at 4.00.07 PM.png" style={{ width:"72%" }} width="1206" height="436" data-path="images/Screenshot2025-11-05at4.00.07PM.png" />

<Info>
  Email validation is part of the conversion kit paid add-on. Learn more and get started [here](https://www.fillout.com/conversion-kit).
</Info>

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