General Q&A

Good morning everyone, I need your help. I want to disable the ManyChat AI Assistant, but I don’t want to turn off AI completely because I use it inside my flows as specific instruction blocks.What I do want is to stop the Global AI from replying out of context and confusing customers — it’s ruining my automation by pulling users out of the flow. I only want AI responses when there’s an AI block inside my automation.I’ve also configured it so that after each response, it should show the menu options again, but when the Global AI takes over, it ignores the flow and breaks the sequence, costing me a lot of sales.Could you please tell me how to disable it? I tried turning off the AI package, and while it stopped responding in the wrong way, I also couldn’t update my automations because it seems that package is required for using AI blocks too.I really need y

I’m trying to set up an automated DM based on a comment on a post. Seems like this should be straightforward, but it doesn’t seem to work. I started this using the Auto-DM links from comments card on the homepage. I’ve set the automation to reply to a comment whenever someone comments Love. Then, it should send them an opening DM, ask for their email, and send them a link to a PDF. When I comment Love on the post though I don’t get a reply on the comment. I do get the opening DM, but when I click the send me the link button it seems to refresh the page, but doesn’t follow-up with the subsequent message that asks for my email address. I’ve tested setting this up on a number of different posts and also having it work on all posts or reels and I get the same issue. I’ve also gone through steps the AI chatbot gave me to ensure that permissions are set up correctly and refreshed permissions. I’d appreciate any help folks can offer. Also, even though I’ve triggered this

Hi everyone,I’m experiencing an issue with the Gallery block in ManyChat on Instagram DM. In the flow preview inside ManyChat, everything looks correct: I can see two cards side by side in the gallery. However, when I test it on my own phone (Instagram DM), only the first card is visible. The second card never appears, and there is no swipe option. What I’ve already tried: Made sure both cards are inside the same Gallery block. Each card has a title, subtitle, image, and at least one button. Reduced the text length in titles and descriptions to avoid character limits. Used images with the recommended size (square 1080×1080). Tested with different links (shorter links as well). Refreshed permissions between Instagram and Man

Help me solve this issue. After successfully signing up for ManyChat through a browser on my phone, I linked my Instagram account, created a command, and tested it successfully. Then, I logged in from another browser on my laptop and connected it with a Google (Gmail) account. I was able to access both my Facebook and Instagram accounts (with permissions granted to ManyChat). However, I can’t get past the “permission sent” screen on the laptop browser, and now on my phone I get this message when I try to log into Instagram through ManyChat (the same account I tested before, which was working). I need help understanding what is happening that’s preventing me from continuing to use ManyChat for Instagram automation.

As title says our account got banned for nothing, when prompted to login or connect with facebook business portofolio, it asked for website and there it said you can add any social media url if you don’t have website, and we added our Instagram url. Now after 2 hours from creating whatsapp it got banned for violation. Check Screenshots below:  

I have a pro account for IG, and somehow I’ve created a separate (free) account for my business FB page - how do I integrate the FB page into my existing paid IG Manychat account?  

How do I make the lead receive a notification when I send a message on instagram?I noticed that many leads leave a comment but don’t read my message — maybe they don’t even get a notification about it. How can I fix this and make sure that people who don’t follow me receive the automated messages in their main Instagram inbox?

Hello ManyChat Team, I hope you’re doing well. I recently subscribed to the Pro plan ($15/month), but I noticed that my latest invoice was over $60. I understand that the price may vary based on the number of contacts, but I would like some clarification on how this is calculated. Which contacts are counted in the billing? Is it based on followers, clicks, or the number of automation messages sent? How exactly is the cost determined as contacts increase?  Also, I have another question regarding automations. According to the plan description, automations should work on Facebook and TikTok, in addition to Instagram. However, in my case, the automation only seems to function on Instagram. Could you please let me know how to properly activate or connect automations for Facebook and TikTok? Thank you for your help and support. Warm regards,Eliane Jean-Claude

Hello,Could someone please share screenshots of the process for sending a WhatsApp template via LiveChat? The official ManyChat article only includes one screenshot, which just shows an icon in the text area.I would like to see the following steps: How to find and select a specific template. What the template looks like when selected (including the attachment in header, variables, and buttons, if possible). How to customize the template (e.g., adding attachments and filling in variable values). How the sent template appears in the chat. Thank you in advance for your help!

I want to use Manychat for auto-replying to comments, but without sending a DM to the commenters. The auto-reply should be based on a preset reference.

I’ve been having recurring issues with message templates not getting approved whenever I use the "First Name" variable (especially when it’s the first word in the message). When I submit it for approval, an error message appears — but it doesn’t specify what the actual issue is.Has anyone else experienced this? Do you know if it’s a bug in Manychat or a restriction from Meta? I couldn’t find any information about it.

Could you please explain why the WhatsApp Templates Flows feature is not yet available for use?

I’ve set up a “comment to DM” automation in Manychat. A follower commented under my post, but I found out the comment has slight difference from the keyword trigger I set, so the comment and DM wasn’t sent to him automatically. I then mortified the keyword in Manychat, since the comment has already been posted under my post, can I re-trigger the automatically, and send back my comment and DM to that follower? Or must I manually send the info to him?

Is there a way with manychat where you can setup an autoDM bot that DMs every new follower on Tiktok? 

Hi,How do you qualify your leads with Manychat?We sell an all-terrain mobility vehicle starting at €18,000, and our viral videos are bringing in lots of leads through ManyChat—both from comments and new followers. The challenge is, many leads aren’t qualified due to the high price point.For high-ticket lead generation: do you ask your qualifier questions before or after collecting the email? What have you found works best for filtering out unqualified leads without losing good prospects?

I’m running into a problem with overlapping automations in ManyChat and would love your advice or best practices on how to solve it.Here’s my setup: I have several automations that include Smart Delays (e.g. 1–3 days). Sometimes a user triggers a new automation (for example, via another entry point or keyword) while the previous one is still running. As a result, both automations continue in parallel, which creates chaos — they might receive mixed messages or conflicting content. What I would like to achieve:👉 Whenever a new automation starts, I want all other currently running automations or sequences to stop automatically.Basically, the user should only ever be in one active automation at a time. Questions: Is there any built-in way to automatically

Hello,  Im using Manychat to Dm people that comment in my posts. during this conversation it ask for people emails to get a link.  im trying to figure a way to automate to have this emails send to a spreedsheet.  im using the suggested automations. 

Is it possible to personalize the message based on the specific ad that brought the person in as a follower?

Hoje ocorreu um problema no processamento do nosso pagamento da assinatura no cartão de crédito que estava com pouco saldo disponível. → Após a liberação do saldo e nova tentativa com sucesso, se perderam as conversas e não registrou nem nos logs quem tentou entrar em contato conosco ou muito menos as conversas na aba de chat ao vivo após a reativação do serviço.. Ao verificar na aba de Logs, nem mesmo o nome do cliente/inscrito ou whatsapp de que tentou entrar em contato foi registrado, nem tão pouco entrou na aba do chat ao vivo após a reativação do serviço, o que impacta por não sabermos quem tentou entrar em contato nesse período..  Your WhatsApp incoming message wasn’t received. Nesse caso, ficamos as “cegas” esperando os clientes chamarem novamente? Alguém já

I recently activated one automation that if someone comments “10k” they will receive a link in their DMs. However, it is not working for any of my followers even tried it myself using my other account it did not work. Have set this automation for the first time. Please help as i’m new to this. 

Hello everyone,I am new to this and I’ve been trying to set up a sequence to target contacts that haven’t been back in touch after a first inquiry. I segmented them using tags and subscribed them to a sequence. I then made a sequence with a first message that you can see attached. When I check the conversation I see a notification saying the message was sent, but when I check through my dms I don’t see any message sent. The sequence stats also don’t show any message sent. I am confused and wondering what is it that I’m doing wrong.Thank you for your help :)  

Hello! I am trying to set up the “Auto-DM links from comments” for IG, when I selected “comments on a specific post or reel” from the dropdown menu, “You haven’t posted anything yet!” appears even though I have posts/ reels on my IG account. Would appreciate some help, thank you!

So I have 4 different Instagrams attached to my Facebook, all paying individually to Many Chat for the Pro service.  I’m having an issue with the New Follower automation not working on all accounts simultaneously, just working on one account at a time.  How can I fix this?

Hi there,I am trying to set up a workflow for the new say hello to new followers I am following a YouTube that Flodesk put out with Steve Mallor and at the 3:28 mark he shows a Flodesk action where he has multiple Manychat Custom Field, which I have already set up, but for me even if I go to Custom field drop down I can only add one. Can someone help.Here is a link to the video:  

Hello! How do I access the “User Follows Your Account" beta feature? I saw this feature on the client page, but I don't see it in my account.  I really want to get access to this beta version!