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If you're an iPhone user, you might be wondering if there's a way to schedule a text message. Unfortunately, there's no way you can schedule a text message in the Messages app. There are, however, a couple of workarounds you can try—and if these workarounds don't work for you, we've also suggested a few third-party apps that can help you schedule texts to send later.
iPhone Text Scheduling Workarounds
Though you can't schedule a text in the Messages app, there's an easy workaround: Set up an automation in the Shortcuts app. You can also use the Reminders app to remind yourself to send a text later, or try a text scheduling app like Moxy or Reminderbase.
Steps
Shortcuts App
- Open the Shortcuts app. iOS doesn't have a built-in text scheduling function, but you can use the Shortcuts app as a workaround.
- If you're on iOS 13 or later, Shortcuts are installed on your phone automatically. If you're on an iOS version earlier than 13, you can download the Shortcuts app from the App Store.[1]
- Tap the Automations tab at the bottom of the screen. It's between the Shortcuts and Gallery tabs and has a clock icon.Advertisement
- Tap New Automation. You won't see this button if you already have some automations created. Instead, tap the + in the upper-right corner.
- Tap Time of Day and enter when you want to send your message. To create an automation for a scheduled message, you should select:
- Time of Day: Set this for the time you want your message to send.
- Monthly: Set this for the date you want your message to send.
- Run Immediately: This will run your automation as soon as the scheduled date and time arrives.
- Tap Next to continue to the next screen.
- Tap Send Message. It's at the top, next to Start Blank Automation. If you don't see this option, search for "Send Message" in the search bar, then select it.
- Tap the word Message and enter your message. This is instructing the automation what message it should send when the scheduled time arrives.
- Tap the word Recipients and enter who you're sending the message to. You can select one or multiple people to send this text to.
- Tap Done in the upper-right corner. Shortcuts will send your message at the scheduled date and time. If you want to edit your message before it sends, go back to your automation in the Shortcuts app and change things as needed.
- Note that this workaround creates an automation that will send the scheduled message once a month at the date and time you entered. If you only want to send the message one time, make sure to go into Shortcuts and disable the automation once the message has been sent.
Reminders App
- Open the Reminders app. If you're on iOS 13 or later, you can use the Reminders app to remind yourself to send a text. It doesn't send a text for you, but it creates a reminder so that you remember to send the text later.
- Tap the + New Reminder button. It's in the bottom-left of your screen.
- Write your reminder. Give the reminder a title so you know who you should be texting. You can even write the body of your text out in the "notes" section of the reminder so you don't have to do it later.
- Set a date and time for the reminder. You can do this by clicking the "i" button next to the reminder.
- Send the text when your phone sends you the reminder. If you wrote out the text in the notes of your reminder, you can send it directly from the Reminders app by doing the following:
- Open the reminder.
- Highlight the contents of the note.
- Tap the Share button that pops up in the contextual menu.
- Tap the Messages button and select a contact.
- Tap Send once you're ready to send the message.
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