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How do I use the messaging feature on Combo?

Communicate instantly with your colleagues, in individual or group conversations, using the integrated messaging feature.

Updated over a week ago

How do I activate messaging?

Go to Settings > Preferences:

  • Check the Instant messaging option.


How do I send a message?

From the web application

Go to the Messages tab:

  • Click on the New icon.

  • Select your recipients by employee, by role, or by establishment.

  • Add a title and write your text.

  • Click on the blue arrow to send.

From the mobile application

Go to the Messages tab:

  • Tap on the + icon.

  • Select your colleagues and click on Start.

  • Click on the Pencil icon at the top right to name the conversation.

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  • You can send files (.txt, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenOffice, PDF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, X-PNG, GIF) up to 15 MB.

  • For videos, use a .zip format.

  • The "Delivered" status appears when the message has been delivered to participants.

  • The "Read" status appears when the message has been viewed by one or more participants.


How do I manage conversation participants?

It is possible to add or remove members along the way.

On the web application

  • To add a colleague, click on the Add a colleague button.

  • To remove a colleague, hover over the name and click on the - icon.

On the mobile application

  • To add a colleague, click on the Pencil icon then on Edit.

  • To remove a colleague, click on the Pencil icon then on Delete.

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  • The conversation creator cannot be removed.

  • Messages from a deactivated employee remain visible in the history, but they can no longer access it.

  • If you reactivate this employee, they will recover all their content.


How do I edit or delete a message?

  • You can only edit your own messages. An "Edited" label then appears below the message.

  • When you delete a message, the content becomes "message deleted" for other participants and "You deleted this message" for you. Complete deletion of a conversation is not possible independently. Contact our support team with the conversation URL.


How do I reply to a specific message from the mobile application?

Go to a conversation:

  • Press and hold the message you want to reply to.

  • Click on Reply.

  • Write your response.

  • Send.


How do I react to a message with an emoji?

Go to a conversation:

  • Press and hold the message you want to react to.

  • Click on React.

  • Select the emoji you want to use.

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  • It is possible to react to your own message.

  • Multiple people can react to the same message.

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