Saving progress

Unfortunately, if the form is long, progress trackers can't make it shorter. They only simplify the journey and keep users motivated. Allowing users to save their progress and get back to the task later is the right thing to do when the form may take more than a couple of minutes.

Another option is to autosave users' progress, so even if they navigate away from a page or close the window, they are able to return to the last step they were on without losing the data they've already entered.