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title: Add hidden fields to your Cognito Forms
description: "Cognito Forms is a form builder that allows you to capture leads on your website. With Leadsources, you can **track the source of the leads generated in Cognito Forms**, alongside 6 other lead source data. In this guide, we will…"
url: "https://help.leadsources.io/docs/add-hidden-fields-cognito-forms/"
updated: "2024-08-07"
category: Add Hidden fields
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# Add hidden fields to your Cognito Forms

Cognito Forms is a form builder that allows you to capture leads on your website.

With Leadsources, you can **track the source of the leads generated in Cognito Forms**, alongside 6 other lead source data.

In this guide, we will show you **how to add hidden fields in Cognito Forms**to start capturing the source of your leads.

[Add hidden fields to your Cognito Forms](https://www.youtube.com/embed/DoY__GY-uPQ?feature=oembed)

## Step 1: Open the form

**Log in**to your Cognito Forms account.

From the Dashboard, **open the form**you want to edit.

![](http://help.leadsources.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Add-hidden-fields-Cognito-Forms-1-1024x769.webp)

## Step 2: Add the hidden fields

To add a field to your form, click on the **+** symbol on your form to open the **Add Field** panel on the left.

![](http://help.leadsources.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Add-hidden-fields-Cognito-Forms-2-1024x461.webp)

Drag and drop a **Text**field from the left panel to your form.

![](http://help.leadsources.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Add-hidden-fields-Cognito-Forms-3-1024x461.webp)

You can position the field anywhere you want in the form.

In this example, we choose to place it at the bottom of the form, right about the Submit button.

**Repeat this step**until you have added 7 text fields and have switched them as hidden.

## Step 3: Set up the hidden fields

> **Context:** In this step, we set up the hidden fields one by one to receive the lead source data captured by Leadsources.
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> To set up a field, **select it**.
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> On the **Field Settings - Textbox** panel on the left, make the following modifications for each of ther 7 fields, as follow:
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> ### Hidden field #1
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> - **Label**= Channel
> - **Default Value** = [channel]
> - **Show This Field** --> Select **Never**
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> ![](http://help.leadsources.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Add-hidden-fields-Cognito-Forms-4-1024x461.webp)
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> ![](http://help.leadsources.io/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Add-hidden-fields-Cognito-Forms-5-1024x461.webp)
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> ### Hidden field #2
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> - **Label**= Source
> - **Default Value** = [source]
> - **Show This Field** --> Select **Never**
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> ### Hidden field #3
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> - **Label**= Campaign
> - **Default Value** = [campaign]
> - **Show This Field** --> Select **Never**
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> ### Hidden field #4
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> - **Label**= Term
> - **Default Value** = [term]
> - **Show This Field** --> Select **Never**
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> ### Hidden field #5
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> - **Label**= Content
> - **Default Value** = [content]
> - **Show This Field** --> Select **Never**
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> ### Hidden field #6
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> - **Label**= Landing page
> - **Default Value** = [landingpage]
> - **Show This Field** --> Select **Never**
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> ### Hidden field #7
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> - **Label**= Landing page subfolder
> - **Default Value** = [landingpagesubfolder]
> - **Show This Field** --> Select **Never**
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> Click **Save**.
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> You are all set!
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> Leadsources will **capture****and store the leads data****in these 7 hidden fields**. This data will be visible from the Cognito Forms submissions page, alongside the form's responses (name, email, etc.).