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An anonymous pulse removes names from answers, for every viewer. Owners, Admins, managers, Windy, and MCP all see the answers without names. To check a pulse’s setting, open Settings and look at Response anonymity.

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What anonymity hides

  • Names on answers in the Responses tab, Insights, and the CSV export. Each shows Anonymous.
  • Answers on the employee profile Pulse tab. Anonymous responses never appear there.
  • Filters on the Responses tab, except Run.
  • Names in AI summaries. Windy summarizes anonymous responses without names.

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What anonymity doesn’t hide

Participation is always named. Owners can see who responded and who didn’t, in the Insights response cards, the Runs tab, and the Participants tab. Windy and MCP can report participation too. Answers are still visible to everyone that response sharing allows, without names.
Anonymity removes names, not details. A very specific comment can still point to one person. Keep this in mind when you share results.

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Minimum group sizes

Below the minimum, Insights shows “Not enough responses yet”. Groups below the minimum can’t be selected and show “Requires at least 3 responses”. Windy and MCP apply the same minimums.

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Features that are off for anonymous pulses

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Anonymity is set at creation

You choose Named or Anonymous when you create a pulse. You can’t change it later in Settings, and Duplicate pulse keeps the same setting. To run the pulse with the other setting, create a new pulse and choose the setting you want. Then pause the old pulse so it doesn’t send again.

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Withdrawing a response

Participants can select Withdraw response to remove their answers from the pulse and from Slack. Their answers stay saved as a private draft. Reports that were already emailed may still include the response.

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FAQs

Windy and MCP can show who responded. They can’t show who gave which answer.
No. Create a new pulse, choose Anonymous, and pause the original. Tell participants which pulse to answer.
At least 3 participants to create the pulse, and at least 3 responses before a result or a group shows.