How to schedule text messages on iPhone

We can schedule text messages and more on iPhone. I did on iOS 16.4.1


Please follow the following steps


  1. Go to shortcuts app
  2. Select Automation window
  3. Create personal automation
  4. Time of the day
  5. Choose the event type(daily, weekly, monthly)
  6. Click next
  7. Select action send message (do check out their various convenient actions by clicking “+” and section “all actions”)
  8. Click on “message” to input message
  9. Click on “recipients” to select receiver of the message
  10. Click next and disable “Ask before sending
  11. Click done.
  12. This automation will have to be manually deleted in order to end its occurrences.


Hope y’all find it helpful! ✌🏽


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Posted on May 13, 2023 12:48 AM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2023 9:55 AM

This is insanely complicated compared to android. I just switched and I like iPhone but I don’t understand what Apple is thinking here. Anyone know if this feature is in the pipeline? I used to schedule texts on android but this shortcut seems circa 1990.

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How to schedule text messages on iPhone

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