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Gustavo Boregio
Gustavo BoregioManychat Community Moderator
published in General Q&A
Manychat FAQ: All the basics to get started in 2025

Whether you’re just getting started or a pro, check out this article if you need help. You’ll find answers to the most common questions, key resources, and expert tips to help you get the most out of Manychat! 😎 [ You can read also this guide in Spanish and Portuguese]  Let’s start with the BIG Questions… 😱🙋 Will I get banned if I use Manychat?No, you won’t!Manychat is officially approved by Meta, and as an official Meta Business Partner, it’s completely safe to use Manychat on your Instagram, Facebook or WhatsApp.I’ve used Manychat with Instagram accounts of over 1 million followers for years, with absolutely no bans, warnings, blocks, or any other issues.Just remember: you still have to comply with all other policies established by Meta! So you still have to comply with their Business and Community Guidelines, keep your audience happy, and make sure your account is not being reported as spam by your contacts!As long as you follow the guidelines, respect your audience, and don’t sp

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Gustavo Boregio
Raquel C
Manychat Team Member
Raquel CManychat Community Manager
published in General Q&A
Is Manychat Officially Approved by Instagram?

Short answer: Yes. And we’re happy to say that you’re safe!Manychat is the world’s largest Instagram DM Automation platform, powering meaningful conversations for over 100,000 Instagram accounts and sending millions of messages monthly. If you’re using Manychat, you’re using a Meta-approved tool built to work within Instagram’s rules.But let’s talk about what that really means.  Manychat + Meta: Partners, not Puppeteers We know what you’re thinking. “Meta Business Partner” sounds like we have VIP access to Instagram’s inner workings. Our partnership with Meta means we work directly with Instagram’s official APIs, ensuring that everything you do with Manychat is compliant. But — and it’s a big but — we don’t control Meta’s rules or have a hotline to reinstate accounts.Meta sets the rules, and we all have to follow them. We can’t flip a switch to undo restrictions or plead your case to an Instagram overlord. We can help you stay on the right side of their policies so you don’t get flagge

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Raquel C
Manychat Team Member
Yogendra
YogendraUp-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
Contacts to a sequence but not working

Hi, i’ve a number of contacts and i try to add some of them to a sequence: than in the sequence there is a message with a link to an event (these contacts previously asked to be informed via DM about the event in the link).The first person i added to the sequence for testing received the message and everything was fine… but after i added other contacts to the sequence I had few issues:1 - only 10 contacts were added over the more than 50 i added with bulk action2 - none of them received the planned messages3 - there is a “processing window” that is idle… and seems it does not work…can you help me? what am i doing wrong? 

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Yogendra
bertandernie_bestfriends
bertandernie_bestfriends
asked in General Q&A
Cannot add tag to Contact - Error message they are not active

2 problems my automation is not adding the tag to contacts (I suspect because of the 2nd issue) I cannot manually add tags to the contacts - they are not active:  

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GraceS
MiriamBmby
MiriamBmbyUp-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
Send question and response from AI Step to webhook

Hello,I use AI chat for Whatsapp.I want to send user/bot reply  to webhook.It is possible? thanks you

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Mr Mie
blasegrinner
blasegrinnerUp-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
My automation is spamming

Hey guys, my automation is now sending it 4x times to 1 out of 4 people. Any got any trouble shooting ideas??? 

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blasegrinner
jhowel03
jhowel03
asked in General Q&A
error having trouble connecting my TikTok

I get this far and get an error that says something went wrong. I have did all the troubleshooting  

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Fabio Gaulke
AJ143
AJ143
asked in General Q&A
Link not delivering

Hi team!I’m finding that the “comment” is delivering and the first automated message is sending via DM (which is “click the link below” but the URL isn’t ALWAYS delivering via DM.  I’ve refreshed my automations but should I refresh every day?  

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Fabio Gaulke
Michaela Volmut
Michaela Volmut
asked in General Q&A
Reset Manychat

Hello everyone, I have a problem: How can I completely reset ManyChat so I can start everything over again?Best regardsMichaela  Original:Hallo ihr lieben,ich habe Problem wie kann ich komplett manychat zurücksetzen damit ich alles von vorne neu machen kann? Liebe Grüße Michaela 

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rogerioaraujo
shayanreyes
shayanreyesUp-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
Is PRO version required to integrate with Chatgpt?

Hi, I want to integrate chatgpt with manychat. Is it necessary to purchase the PRO version for $15 or can I integrate and use chatgpt in the free version?

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rogerioaraujo
Jeremyxh
Jeremyxh
posted in General Q&A
Ads Meta data sources, my Instagram account is "not eligible" WHY ?

I've launched an ad campaign and the ads optimization settings are going well. Then, after a few days, nothing works anymore. I look at the trigger Instagram ads is deactivated and doesn't appear at all. I go to redo the “Ads optimization” settings, then when I reconnect a “messaging” data source, the instagram account selection is no longer available because it's apparently ineligible. Thanks in advance for your help.  

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Fabio Gaulke
Mr.TestKin
Mr.TestKinUp-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
How to create code/pgm/function for reuse in Manychat ?

I want to fetch data from an Excel/Google Sheet in ManyChat to create a chatbot for Instagram..? Whenever I ask a question to the InstaBot, it should provide a response using the data available from Google Sheets, just like a database..?

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Fabio Gaulke
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ArkadyGUp-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
Why does Zapier always show “Validation error” with no details for webhook/API errors?

Hi everyone,Whenever I use Webhooks by Zapier to send a POST request to an external API (like ManyChat’s), if something fails, Zapier always shows the same message:❌ Failed to create a request in Webhooks by ZapierThe app returned “Validation error”.This is extremely generic, and it’s the same message no matter what the actual issue is. But when I test the same request in Postman, I get a helpful error body from the API — for example, it might say something like “Missing phone number” or “Invalid field format,” which lets me fix the issue immediately.My questions are: Is there any way in Zapier to see the full API response, especially the message body? Could Zapier expose the raw error from the API in the task log, console, or anywhere behind the scenes? Is this something other users have run into? How are you debugging around this? I’d love any workarounds, tips, or clarification. Right now, I’m spending a lot of time guessing what went wrong because all I get is “Validation error

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Fabio Gaulke
D.Dalton
D.Dalton
asked in General Q&A
Public Replies not working

I have been using Manychat for a few days and akll of a sudden my public replies arent working??

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Heston Roberts
samar
samarChannel Explorer
asked in General Q&A
Follow-Up Reminder for Unresponsive Users via Instagram Automation

Can we send a follow-up message after two days if a user doesn’t book a meeting or reply using Instagram Automation?

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Heston Roberts
Cris.pineda14
Cris.pineda14
asked in General Q&A
Problemas con respuestas del bot y pasos de IA en WhatsApp

Hola, estoy teniendo varios problemas con el funcionamiento del bot en WhatsApp. Cuando los clientes escriben cosas como “quiero esta” acompañado de una imagen, o hacen preguntas fuera del flujo como “método de pago” o “qué sabores tienen”, el bot no responde correctamente y muchas veces reinicia el flujo con el mensaje de bienvenida. También he configurado AI Steps y palabras clave, pero en algunos casos no se activan o el bot alucina respuestas. Necesito ayuda para entender si es un tema de configuración o una limitación de la plataforma, porque esto está afectando la experiencia del cliente. Gracias de antemano.

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Cris.pineda14
MarceloJBresciani
MarceloJBrescianiUp-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
Typing Feature

Hello, is there an integration with Whatsapp, when in automation you add a delay, let's say 3 seconds, for the user to see that "typing" functionality?I believe this already exists in the integration with the messenger.Thanks

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twakawl
wkistner6
wkistner6Up-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
Where is my broadcasting feature?

Hey guys. Hoping someone can help me here. I am looking to send out a broadcast to my contacts but am not seeing the broadcasting section. Any recommendations? I have an admin role in our manychat with the influencer being the owner. Is this an issue?  

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rogerioaraujo
Zuzana
Zuzana
asked in General Q&A
URGENT – After using ManyChat for several months without a problem, I can`t refresh permissions now

It is not working for 6 days now. PLease someone help me. 😭 It says “channel permission lost” but then when I check it it says “already connected”… An it goes in the loop… her yo can see:  https://s3.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-3448ad5bf396cc.gifI am desperate… I'm not a stupid person, but I'm really at my wits end now. I've been using manychat for a few months and suddenly I can't access it. The problem is that the verification that I had to go through several times before and it worked, now doesn't work. I am trying to make it work for 4 hours now and I really do not know what to do...So I am sending a video and I am begging you to help me, please.I don`t think I do something wrong, because I do stuff I did before and there was no problem.When I am trying to connect it to Facebook (I wanter to try something else, another process...) , the code to my phone (or WhatsApp) never comes (but when I am trying to Sign in to facebook outside of MAnyChat, it works and the code it`s sent)... Also from

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rodrigo_silvano
Adnan Shikh
Adnan ShikhUp-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
Request Webhook

Does manychat has a webhook url that can be used for receiving payloads from external application?

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depaula
igpartyflyers
igpartyflyersUp-and-Comer
posted in General Q&A
Help Needed: Resetting Weekly Contest Flow in ManyChat (Random Number Draw)

Help Needed: Resetting Weekly Contest Flow in ManyChat (Random Number Draw)I run a weekly contest drawing every Friday at 8PM, and entries close at 8:30PM. After the drawing ends, I want to begin collecting new entries for the next week’s drawing immediately.Each week, up to 100 contestants can enter, and each person is assigned a random number from 1–100.I'm currently using a Google Sheet to log contestant data with the following columns: Serial Number Random Number User-ID User-Name Mobile-ID I already know how to update the Google Sheet to prepare it for the next week’s entries. However, I need help figuring out what other parts of the ManyChat flow or formulas need to be updated to reset the system and start collecting fresh entries correctly.Here’s the ManyChat flow I’m using:👉 Flow LinkCan someone guide me on what to reset/update in ManyChat each week so the automation continues working properly?Thank you! 🙏

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igpartyflyers
Carl82
Carl82
asked in General Q&A
can't leave comment

Hi, in the ManyChat app, when it opens too many comments, the page gets reported and then we can't leave any more comments at all.Is there any option that allows it to automatically leave comments, but without overdoing it so that the page doesn’t get blocked?

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rogerioaraujo
tutor25
tutor25Up-and-Comer
asked in General Q&A
how to change whatsapp phone number?

when i signed up for manychat, i selected a USA phone number since my country (singapore) was not available. on the sign up page it said i can change my number later on after sign up, however i do not see this option in the settings? 

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rodrigo_silvano
massimog
massimog
asked in General Q&A
Ho do I add a question to an an existing template

I’m starting from an existing template and need to edit fields . How do I add a question to the existing list?

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rogerioaraujo
sharonworld
sharonworldChat Surfer
asked in General Q&A
Smart delay

Hello community, I have two questions about smart delay1.I set up an automation to notify my Instagram followers about a product promotion since we cannot use broadcasting in Instagram to all followers who used to leave a message.I'm not sure if this will work as expected. The Smart Delay is set to send them the promotional link 10 hours after their first interaction with me (=clicking the Show Me the Deal button), and they’re supposed to receive it between 9:00 AM and 10:00 PM in their time zone, right?2.An Instagram creator sent me a DM on March 29 right after I left a comment on her post. I only clicked on the button yesterday, but I still received an automated reply.That should have been outside the 24-hour messaging window, so I'm not sure why the auto-reply still worked. Do you know why this happened?Thanks in advance.

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