I have a Google form that works great. Inside that form i also have

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Asked: June 4, 20262026-06-04T13:26:09+00:00 2026-06-04T13:26:09+00:00

I have a Google form that works great. Inside that form i also have

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I have a Google form that works great. Inside that form i also have scripts written up that send out emails. These also work great.

What i dont have is a way to make those scripts trigger and run on their own. For now, when the form is edited, i get a notification email. I then have to log into the spreadsheet and manually run my email script(s).

I want the spreadsheet to run the scripts automatically and send the email when data is added from the form. I tried the onEdit below but that only works if i have the spreadsheet open and i launch it. Is there another way to run a script automatically after a form is edited without having to open it up?

Here is a basic email code + my onEdit i tried to make work.

// Ran when the spreadsheet is edited
function onEdit(){ 
  emailEOnEdit();
}

// Sends an email when the New User Request Form is edited
function emailEOnEdit(row){ 
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
  var subject = "Test Email On Edit";
  var recipients = "user@domain.com"
  var message = "<HTML><BODY>" 
    + "<P>" + sheet.getRange("E1").getValues()
    + "</HTML></BODY>"; 
  MailApp.sendEmail(recipients, subject, "", {htmlBody: message});
}