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Schedule a message

Open Schedule Message, write a follow-up, pick a time such as +1h, and save it.

In this tutorial, you will schedule one follow-up message for later.

Time needed: 8 minutes

Before you start

Make sure:

  • You can open the conversation in Live Chat.
  • Your login can use Schedule Message. If the calendar icon is missing, ask the account owner.

The customer does not see the message until the scheduled time.

1. Open the conversation

On the left menu, click Live Chat.

Click the thread.

Live Chat with the sample conversation open Live Chat with the sample conversation open
Open the conversation. Other chats are hidden.

2. Open Schedule Message

On the right icon strip, click Schedule Message.

The Schedule Message panel opens.

Schedule message menu opened from the arrow next to Send Schedule message menu opened from the arrow next to Send
Click the ⌄ arrow next to Send.

3. Write the follow-up

Type the message.

Kami follow up stok saiz L esok pagi.

Reply box with the follow-up message typed Reply box with the follow-up message typed
Type the follow-up message.

4. Pick a time

Click +1h, or set Schedule date & time yourself.

Schedule menu with Tomorrow at 9:00 AM highlighted Schedule menu with Tomorrow at 9:00 AM highlighted
Pick a preset, or Custom time.

5. Save the schedule

Click the Send button in the Schedule Message panel.

Scheduled chip and orange Send button Scheduled chip and orange Send button
The box shows Scheduled. Click Send to save it.

Make sure it worked

The message appears in the list with Scheduled.

It is not in the WhatsApp thread yet.

If it didn’t work

I cannot see Schedule Message

Open the right icon strip and look for the calendar icon. On a small screen, open Contact Info, then Follow-up, then Scheduled Message.

Send stays disabled

The text is empty, or the date and time are empty. Fill both, then click Send.

Next

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