# Anonymous Starts

You may choose to start your submission directly if you're the first collaborator and you want to invite your collaborators in the form itself via fields.

If a submission is started from the form itself rather than from the collaboration flow in the dashboard, it can still become a collaborative submission with multiple collaborators. To do so, first check the `Allow Anonymous Starts` toggle on the `Collaboration` tab of your form settings.

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The first visitor to the form will assume the role of the first collaborator anonymously since their email will not be known.

## Invite Additional Collaborators

Much like the [Start Directly](/platform/collaborative-workflows/collaboration/start-directly.md) method, you can configure button actions on your form to [invite additional collaborators.](/platform/collaborative-workflows/collaboration/start-directly.md#invite-additional-collaborators)

## Return to Previous Collaborator

The [Return to Previous Collaborator](/platform/collaborative-workflows/collaboration/start-directly.md#return-to-previous-collaborator) action can be leveraged as well. But if you're trying to rewind to the very first (anonymous) collaborator, you'll have to map the `Assign Email` setting on the action to the Feathery field containing the email of the first user. `Assign Email` will only appear when anonymous starts are enabled and returning to the very first collaborator.

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This assumes the first collaborator entered their email at some point, and it allows us to de-anonymize them and send them a notification email when returning.


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