Plus, you can reschedule, edit or delete a scheduled message. You can even schedule to send it 120 days in advance. You can choose what date and time for Slack to send that message. The app has pre-filled options and a custom time that lets you send a message according to your preference.

This feature is available on both iOS and Android. If you’re a mobile user, you can access this menu by long-pressing the send button inside the apps. When you click the “send message” button, you’ll see a new menu that lets you schedule a message to be sent to a room, a group thread, or a direct message at a later time. And as the title implies, it allows users to schedule their messages to be sent at a later date or time. The new scheduled send feature will start to roll out today. It’s not because the messages were uninteresting but because they were sent at the wrong time. Many times people don’t read their messages on Slack. Or have you sent a message that you regretted after hitting the send button?

“Today we launched Scheduled Send to empower users to communicate and collaborate in a way that works best for them,” the company announced in a statement, explaining that “teams shouldn’t be obligated to sync their schedules in order to communicate effectively.Have you ever sent a message to a colleague on Slack while you’re burning the midnight oil? Did you expect your colleague to read it in the middle of the night? This feature has previously been available in services like Gmail, but the expansion to Slack is a notable one. In a statement, Slack explained that this new feature is designed to make it easier for people working on different schedules and in different time zones to effectively communicate. For iOS and Android users, the scheduled send feature will be accessible by long-pressing on the send button in the mobile app. Clicking on this arrow will reveal a new “schedule message” menu where you can set your message to automatically deliver at a certain time. This new feature is accessible via the green send button in the bottom right corner of the message composer. As first noted by the Verge, Slack is now officially rolling out a new Scheduled Send feature that allows you to send a message at a scheduled time. Slack is rolling out a notable new feature to make it easier to courteously communicate with your coworkers.

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