How to edit a kahoot

To edit an existing kahoot of yours, tap the kahoot to view more details, then tap the pencil icon. You can only edit kahoots you’ve created or duplicated.

• Your own kahoots can be found on the Kahoots page.
• If you are an admin or member of a team space (subscription required), you can also edit kahoots team members created or duplicated and saved to the team space.

At the top of the creator are two important buttons: Cancel and Save.

• Cancel will discard edits you’ve just made. They cannot be recovered later on.
• Save will save your edits.

Your kahoot can only be saved as a draft if required information is missing. Drafts are only saved to your device and cannot be played. You can tap the kahoot checklist atop your screen to see what’s needed. Here are the general requirements:

• Add a title.
• Add a description.
• All questions are complete.
• You’re logged in to your Kahoot! account.

Title: A meaningful title that accurately describes what your kahoot is about will help other users find it in search results and understand if it’s relevant. A title can be up to 95 characters.

Description: Our Discover page’s search algorithm weighs keywords found in kahoot descriptions higher than keywords found in questions. You can also add a # in front of words to highlight them as closely related to your kahoot (for example, “A #trivia quiz about #popular #music”). Descriptions can be up to 280 characters.

Cover image: Adding a cover image is a great opportunity to give more context to your kahoot. Kahoots with cover images are also boosted slightly by our search algorithm, making them more likely to be found by others than kahoots without a cover image. You can take a photo with your device’s camera, upload an image, or from our image library. Images need to be:

• PNG, JPEG, or GIF format, in RGB color mode
• No larger than 5MB or 3264x3264 pixels

Visible to: As long as the kahoot is saved under My Kahoots on the Kahoots page, you can make the kahoot visible to everyone or to only you. Kahoots saved in your team space only have the “team only” visibility option.

• Everyone: your kahoot will appear in search results on the Discover page. Services like Facebook, Twitter, and Slack will preview your kahoot’s title, description, and cover image when you post a share link.
• Only you: your kahoot will not appear in search results on the Discover page.
• Team only: your kahoot will only appear in your team space, and only team members have access to it (web subscription required).

Intro video: Paste a YouTube video URL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig4_PhHmE2Y) into this field and the video will play full screen in the background while players join your game. This can be just a bit of music, some comedic relief, or an instructional video that provides answers to questions they’ll see.

Tap on a question to edit it. You can hold and drag questions up and down to reorder them. At the bottom is an “Add question” button. You can add up to 100 questions per kahoot.

Question bank: You can search keywords or phrases in the “Question bank” field. After results are shown, you can toggle between “All questions” (all public kahoots) and “My questions” (only kahoots shown on your Kahoots page). Tap the plus button next to each question you want to add, then tap “Done” to add them. You can add multiple questions at once by tapping the “+” button to the right of each question. Question bank questions can be edited just like a question created from scratch.

The question bank is not available for students as a way to encourage individual research and creative work as they’re creating their own kahoots as a part of classroom or homework assignments.

Question: Create a question with right and wrong answers. Here are some fast facts:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• Timer options range from 5 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Answers can be up to 75 characters. At least 2 answers are required (4 max), and one must be toggled correct. Questions are “multichoice”, not “multi-response”: while you can add multiple correct answers, participants can only choose one. Participants are awarded points for choosing a correct answer.
• To increase engagement and visually support the question, you can take a photo with your device’s camera, upload one of your photos, use our image library, or embed a YouTube video. Images must be in PNG, JPEG, or GIF format, in RGB color mode, as well as no larger than 5MB, 3264x3264 pixels. Videos will play before the timer starts, but after answer options are revealed. Participants can choose an answer while the video plays. If you don’t want the entire video to play, you can set “start at” and “stop at” times. These must be in seconds (e.g.: “75”, not “1:15”).

True or False: Create a question with true and false answers pre-filled. Here are some fast facts:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• Timer options range from 5 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Answers are pre-filled with “True” and “False” options. The text cannot be edited. Only one can be toggled correct. Participants are awarded points for choosing the correct answer.
• To increase engagement and visually support the question, you can take a photo with your device’s camera, upload one of your photos, use our image library, or embed a YouTube video. Images must be in PNG, JPEG, or GIF format, in RGB color mode, as well as no larger than 5MB, 3264x3264 pixels. Videos will play before the timer starts, but after answer options are revealed. Participants can choose an answer while the video plays. If you don’t want the entire video to play, you can set “start at” and “stop at” times. These must be in seconds (e.g.: “75”, not “1:15”).

Slide (Premium feature): Add a slide to offer additional information. In a live game, presenters can take a moment to elaborate or discuss information. During a challenge, participants read the information before moving to the next question. Here are some fast facts: 

• To keep the audience engaged, you need to put a question between your slides. Multiple slides in a row is not possible.
• Titles can be up to 50 characters.
• Descriptions can be up to 250 characters.
• To increase engagement and visually support the question, you can take a photo with your device’s camera, upload one of your photos, use our image library, or embed a YouTube video. Images must be in PNG, JPEG, or GIF format, in RGB color mode, as well as no larger than 5MB, 3264x3264 pixels. If you don’t want the entire video to play, you can set “start at” and “stop at” times. These must be in seconds (e.g.: “75”, not “1:15”).
• To unlock this feature, you can upgrade to Kahoot! Pro.

Poll (Premium feature): Create a question with no right or wrong answers. Participants won’t be awarded points and will not see a leaderboard afterwards. Here are some fast facts:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• Timer options range from 5 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Answers can be up to 75 characters. At least two answers are required. Participants will only be able to choose one answer.
• To increase engagement and visually support the question, you can take a photo with your device’s camera, upload one of your photos, use our image library, or embed a YouTube video. Images must be in PNG, JPEG, or GIF format, in RGB color mode, as well as no larger than 5MB, 3264x3264 pixels. Videos will play before the timer starts, but after answer options are revealed. Participants can choose an answer while the video plays. If you don’t want the entire video to play, you can set “start at” and “stop at” times. These must be in seconds (e.g.: “75”, not “1:15”).
• To unlock this feature, you can upgrade to Kahoot! Pro.