Schedule a broadcast or save it as a draft
Send a broadcast later at a chosen date and time, keep it as a draft for review, and cancel or send a scheduled broadcast early.
Schedule for later
- Build the broadcast as usual (Send your first broadcast).
- On the Review & Send step, under When should this go out?, choose Schedule for later.
- In Send at, pick the date and time.
- Click Schedule.
The broadcast shows as Scheduled on the Broadcasts page and goes out within about a minute of the chosen time.
- The time uses your device’s time zone. If your team works across time zones, check the time zone of the computer you schedule from.
- Recipients are locked in when you schedule, not re-calculated at send time. Contacts tagged after you schedule won’t be included. Contacts who opt out in the meantime are still removed.
Cancel a schedule or send it now
Open the scheduled broadcast from the Broadcasts page. You’ll see “Scheduled for date” and two buttons:
- Send now — sends straight away instead of waiting.
- Cancel schedule — the broadcast goes back to a Draft. Nothing is sent.
Save as a draft
On the Review & Send step, click Save as Draft instead of sending. Give the broadcast a name first — drafts need one.
Drafts are useful when someone else should check the campaign first. To send a draft, open it from the Broadcasts page and click Send.
Drafts are also created automatically by Google Sheets sync: new rows become a draft every day, and nothing goes out until someone clicks Send.
Limits are checked when a draft is actually sent, not when it’s saved. If your monthly allowance runs out in between, the send is refused with a message — see How broadcasts are delivered.
Delete a broadcast
Open the broadcast and click Delete, then Confirm. You can’t delete a broadcast while it is Sending. Deleting removes the campaign and its report from Vatli; messages already delivered stay on customers’ phones.