How to Schedule a Teams Chat Message (Desktop Application)

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Need to send a message in chat for a later time and or date? Schedule the message for a date and time that respects collaboration across locations and working hours. Scheduling the chat message will ensure it is sent at a date and time that you control.

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Schedule Chat Message

  • Compose your message in the chat, and right-click on the Send icon. 

Send icon is located on the bottom right of composed message box.

  • Choose the date and time you'd like to send it from the pop-up menu. 
    • Select Send at scheduled time > Send icon. 

Sections to select date and time for your message to be sent.

  • Your chat message will be automatically delivered at the scheduled date and time. 

Edit Scheduled Chat Message 

  • Open Teams and go to your composed message.
  • Hover over your message and select the More options icon > Edit. 
  • Edit your message, then press Enter on your keyboard to save the update.

Composed message with Edit icon.

Reschedule Chat Message Delivery

  • Open Teams and go to your scheduled message.
  • Hover over your message and select the More options icon > Edit.
  • Click on Select Send to delivery on [scheduled date & time], then choose a new date and time. 
  • Select Send at scheduled time after you've set a new date and time.

Link to change delivery located on top left of message box.

Delete Scheduled Chat Message 

  • Open Teams and go to your scheduled message.
  • Hover over your message and select the More options icon > Delete.

Composed message with Delete icon.

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