<p>It's not obvious, but you need to select the email field in the form settings, then select a notification from the pane on the right to send to the value in the field.</p>

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2017-07-05T13:40:40.403Z
2017-07-05T13:40:40.403Z
Andrew
<p>Freeform allows you to send <a href="http://docs.solspace.com/craft/freeform/v2/overview/email-notifications.html#types-of-email-notifications" rel="nofollow noreferrer">email notifications 5 different ways</a> (all of them each being able to have their own notification templates, etc).</p>

<p>For <strong><a href="http://docs.solspace.com/craft/freeform/v2/overview/email-notifications.html#types-of-email-notifications" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Submitter Notifications</a></strong> specifically, you would follow these instructions:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Email notifications can be sent to the user submitting the form using the Email field type. This is often used to send an email confirmation for the user. To setup:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>In Field Editor (Freeform -> Fields) or Composer Quick Field (Add New Field button at left), create a new field of the <a href="http://docs.solspace.com/craft/freeform/v2/overview/fields-field-types.html#fields-email" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Email field type</a>.
  In Composer interface for the form, drag that field into field layout.</li>
  <li>Click on field inside field layout and look over to the Property Editor (right column).</li>
  <li>Select and/or add an email template.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>When the form submitter enters their email address in this field, Freeform will use that email address to send the email notification to.</p>
</blockquote>

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2019-01-21T05:44:48.453Z
2019-01-21T05:44:48.453Z
Solspace
<p>I'm a bit confused by the notifications set-up in Freeform. The instructions state 'The notification template used to send an email to the email value entered into this field (optional).' I selected the template and entered an email address in the field below, but an email notification is sent to the user of the form as well as the administrator following a submission. So how do I set up a notification to send to admin only? And if I wanted to create a separate notification for the user, how do I do that?</p>

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Solspace FreeForm notifications
# Solspace FreeForm notifications

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-29)

I'm a bit confused by the notifications set-up in Freeform. The instructions state 'The notification template used to send an email to the email value entered into this field (optional).' I selected the template and entered an email address in the field below, but an email notification is sent to the user of the form as well as the administrator following a submission. So how do I set up a notification to send to admin only? And if I wanted to create a separate notification for the user, how do I do that?

**Tags:** plugin-freeform, solspace, freeform


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2017-07-05. Score: 1

It's not obvious, but you need to select the email field in the form settings, then select a notification from the pane on the right to send to the value in the field.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-01-21. Score: 1

Freeform allows you to send [email notifications 5 different ways](http://docs.solspace.com/craft/freeform/v2/overview/email-notifications.html#types-of-email-notifications) (all of them each being able to have their own notification templates, etc).

For **[Submitter Notifications](http://docs.solspace.com/craft/freeform/v2/overview/email-notifications.html#types-of-email-notifications)** specifically, you would follow these instructions:

> Email notifications can be sent to the user submitting the form using the Email field type. This is often used to send an email confirmation for the user. To setup:
>
> * In Field Editor (Freeform -> Fields) or Composer Quick Field (Add New Field button at left), create a new field of the [Email field type](http://docs.solspace.com/craft/freeform/v2/overview/fields-field-types.html#fields-email).
>   In Composer interface for the form, drag that field into field layout.
> * Click on field inside field layout and look over to the Property Editor (right column).
> * Select and/or add an email template.
>
> When the form submitter enters their email address in this field, Freeform will use that email address to send the email notification to.


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