Manage your automations: edit, enable, duplicate, delete

Once an automation is live, you’re not locked in. You can change anything about it, pause it without losing your work, copy it for a new campaign, or remove it for good. Here’s how to do each.

Applies to: Facebook Page (Messenger) automations · ~5 min read

Where to manage your automations

Everything lives in your AutoDM list — the page that shows each automation as a row, with its Messenger glyph, Page name, trigger, and status. From here you can open any automation to edit it, flip its status on or off, or open its more menu for copy and delete.

Each row carries a status toggle and a “⋯” more menu — your two main controls.

Edit an automation

You can change any part of an automation after it’s launched.

Open the automation
In your AutoDM list, click the automation you want to change. This opens its setup, the same flow you used to create it.
Use the edit controls to make changes
Use the edit (pencil) controls to update what you need:

the trigger (for example, switch which Post or Reel a comment-to-DM watches),
the keywords (add, remove, or change them, including excluded keywords),
the message (your primary DM text, button, or DM type),
the follow-ups, and
the time delay.

3. Save your changes
Save the automation. Your updates take effect from that point on — there’s no

need to recreate the automation from scratch.

ℹ️ Editing doesn’t reset your stats

Changing an automation keeps it as the same automation — your existing DMs Sent, Runs, and Button Clicks stay with it. If you’d rather test a change separately, duplicate it first (see below) and edit the copy.

Enable or disable an automation

Every automation has a status toggle. Use it to turn an automation on or off without deleting anything.

Enabled — the automation is live and will fire when its trigger conditions are met.
Disabled — the automation stops firing, but all of its setup is preserved: the trigger, keywords, message, follow-ups, and delay all stay exactly as you left them. Flip it back to Enabled any time, and it picks up right where it was.

Disabling is the right move when you want to pause a campaign, take a Post out of rotation for a while, or stop a Page’s automations temporarily — all without losing your work.

If an automation “isn’t sending,” the first thing to check is whether it’s set to Disabled — that’s the most common cause.
Disable rather than delete when you might want a campaign back later. Deleting can’t be undone.

Duplicate or delete an automation

Both of these live in the automation’s “⋯” (more) menu, on its row in the AutoDM list.

The “⋯” more menu holds Edit, Rename, Pause and Delete.

Duplicate

Choose Duplicate to create a copy of an automation. This is the fastest way to reuse a setup you like — for example, to run the same comment-to-DM flow on a different Post, or to test a tweaked message without touching the original. Open the copy and edit whatever you need.

Delete

Choose Delete to remove an automation completely.

⚠️ Deleting is permanent

A deleted automation can’t be recovered, and its setup is gone for good. If there’s any chance you’ll want it back, disable it instead — that keeps everything in place while it’s paused.

Frequently asked

If I disable an automation, do I lose my settings?

No. Disabling only stops the automation from firing. Your trigger, keywords, message, follow-ups, and delay are all preserved, and re-enabling brings it back exactly as it was.

Can I undo a delete?

No — deleting is permanent, and the setup can’t be recovered. If you’re unsure, disable the automation instead.

What’s the point of duplicating?

It saves you from rebuilding a setup you already like. Duplicate to run the same flow on another Post or Reel, or to test a change on a copy while the original keeps running.

Will editing an automation change which Post it watches?

Only if you change the trigger. For a comment-to-DM automation, you can edit the trigger to point at a different Post or Reel — otherwise it keeps watching the one you originally chose.