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Scheduled messages

Anything queued to send later — by a workflow or a scheduled broadcast — lands in one place so you can check what’s going out, reschedule it, or cancel it before it sends. Here’s how the hub works and how to act on a message in flight.
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The 60-second version

Open the Scheduled Messages view from your Inbox — it’s listed with a count of how many messages are waiting to go out. Inside, you get one table of everything upcoming, across every contact.

  • See everything queued — who it’s going to, what it says, on which channel, and when.
  • Edit a message’s time or wording before it sends.
  • Cancel one, or select several and cancel them together.
Good to know
This view is for messages that haven’t sent yet. The moment one goes out, it drops off the list and shows up in the conversation like any other message.

Where they come from

Worth knowing up front: there’s no “schedule this for later” button in the reply box. A scheduled message always arrives here from one of two places.

Workflow

An automation queued the message — a follow-up a day after an enquiry, a reminder before an appointment. These show with a Workflow badge and the workflow’s name.

Manual

A person queued it for later — typically a broadcast or bulk send scheduled to go out at a future time. These show with a Manual badge and who set them up.

Tip
So to create a scheduled message, you build a workflow or send a broadcast with a future send time. This hub is where you manage the result.

The Scheduled Messages hub

The hub lists every upcoming message, soonest first. Each row shows the recipient, a preview of the message, the channel, when it’s scheduled for, and its source.

Scheduled Messages
7 upcoming
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RecipientMessageChannelScheduled forSource
Mei LingHi! Just a reminder your trial…WhatsAppToday, 6:00 PMWorkflow
ArjunOur June holiday programme is…WhatsAppTomorrow, 9:00 AMManual
SitiSee you next week for the…Telegram12 Jun, 10:30 AMWorkflow
The Scheduled Messages hub: everything queued across all contacts, with a source badge telling you whether a workflow or a person set it up.
  • Search by contact name or message text to find a specific one.
  • Filter by source — show everything, just Workflow, or just Manual messages.
  • Click a recipient to jump straight into their conversation, or click the row to preview the full message first.

Edit or cancel

Plans change. You can adjust or pull a message any time before it sends.

  • Edit () — change the send time or the message text, then Save.
  • Cancel () — remove a single message from the queue so it never sends.
  • Cancel in bulk — tick several rows and use Cancel selected to clear them in one go.
Edit scheduled message
Send on
12 Jun 2026, 10:30 AM
Message
See you next week for the holiday programme! Let us know if anything changes.
Cancel Save
Watch out
Cancelling can’t be undone — the message is gone from the queue. If you only need to change the wording or timing, use Edit instead of cancelling and starting over.

Inside one conversation

You don’t have to open the full hub to manage one contact’s queue. When a conversation has messages waiting, a small strip appears above the reply box.

2 scheduled messages
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In a conversation with queued messages, a strip above the reply box shows the count and a View link to manage just this contact’s scheduled messages.

Click View to see that contact’s scheduled messages, where you can edit the time and wording or delete any of them — the same actions as the hub, scoped to the person in front of you.

Good to know & pitfalls

  • There’s no “send later” button in the composer. Scheduled messages are created by workflows and scheduled broadcasts — this hub is where you see and manage what those have queued.
  • Only upcoming messages appear. Once a message has sent (or failed), it leaves the list — it’ll show in the conversation itself instead.
  • Times use your organisation’s timezone. “Scheduled for” is shown in the workspace timezone, so everyone on the team reads the same send time.
  • Cancelling is final. Cancel removes the message from the queue so it never sends. To send something different, edit it before its time, or cancel and let the workflow/broadcast handle the rest.
  • Editing a workflow message only changes that one send. Tweaking the text or time of a single queued message doesn’t change the workflow itself — future contacts still follow the workflow as built.

Need a hand?

Our Singapore-based team is one message away — happy to help you get set up.