# Respondents Status

## ✅ Completed

Completed respondents are respondents that have finished and submitted the survey.

## ⏳ In progress / pending

In progress respondents are respondents that started the survey but did not yet finish the survey by submitting the results. 

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The [progress completion](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/form-designer/form-settings/progress-completion) feature must be enabled on your survey to let your respondent save and restore their session at a later point.  
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## 📚 Archived

 [Archived](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/respondents-management/archived-respondents) respondents are respondents that have finished and submitted the survey but that are taken out of any [security item](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/security/security-items) access checks.

## 📵 Offline

 [Offline](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/publish-deploy/offline-survey) respondents are respondents that have been collected while being [offline](https://docs.ngsurvey.com/form-management/publish-deploy/offline-survey) and that are stored locally on your browser. It is strongly recommended to upload your offline responses as regularly as possible to avoid any data loss.