> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.usereplier.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Manage automations

> Edit targets and replies, pause or resume listening, catch up on comments, and delete automations.

The automation view shows whether Replier is listening, which posts it watches, what it sends, and recent delivery and click activity.

## Edit the message or trigger

Open an automation and select **Edit**. You can change its name, trigger, keywords, public reply variants, private DM, buttons, and selection mode.

Changes affect future matches. Removing a keyword, reply, or button does not rewrite messages already sent. Existing click history for a removed button stays in reports.

## Add or remove posts

Use the targets section to add another Instagram or Facebook post, or an **All future posts** target. The new target uses the automation's existing reply behavior.

Removing a target stops that post or future-post scope from using the automation. Other targets remain active.

## Pause and resume

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Pause">
    Select **Pause** and confirm. Replier stops acting on new comments for that automation until you resume it.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Resume">
    Select **Resume automation** and confirm. Replier starts listening for new matching comments on the remaining targets.
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Reply to recent comments

After you activate or resume an eligible automation, Replier can check recent comments that it has not handled.

* The lookback window is 7 days
* Keywords use the same case-insensitive contains matching as new comments
* **Any comment** includes every eligible non-own comment
* One catch-up run starts with at most 100 matches
* Previously handled comments are skipped

Review the preview, then choose **Send replies** or **Skip**. Sending may take a moment to appear in recent activity.

<Warning>
  Catch-up sends real public replies and DMs. Review the commenters and message before confirming, especially after changing a trigger to **Any comment**.
</Warning>

## Delete an automation

Open **More actions**, select **Delete**, and confirm.

<Warning>
  Deleting stops future replies and removes that automation's activity history from your Replier views. This action cannot be undone from the dashboard.
</Warning>

If you only need a temporary stop, pause the automation instead.