# Last Activity date won't update

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/last-activity-date-wont-update/12288>\
**Category:** Email Marketing Tool\
**Created:** [January 12, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/last-activity-date-wont-update/12288 "2019-01-12T14:55:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SRES](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sres/32/78471_2.png) [@SRES](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SRES)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/last-activity-date-wont-update/12288/1 "2019-01-12T14:55:43Z")

</div>

I sent out emails to lists but Last Activity Date is not updated. Can I get this to update automatically when I send email from Hubspot?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MFrankJohnson](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mfrankjohnson/32/22490_2.png) [@MFrankJohnson](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MFrankJohnson)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/last-activity-date-wont-update/12288/2 "2019-01-12T18:26:42Z")

</div>

\*\*  
 ![_hubspot-button-accept-as-solution-gif-v00.gif](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/8/280f73986e0517a27aa4068d06718dbcda1a42a2.gif)  
\*\*

**Q** : Can I get Last Activity Date to update automatically when I send email from Hubspot??

**Short A** : No. Last Activity Date doesn’t work that way. Please see this thread, [Updating ‘Last Contacted’ …](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/CRM/Updating-Last-Contacted-when-forwarding-an-email/m-p/195787/highlight/true#M109221) and [this KB article](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/contacts/list-of-hubspot-s-default-contact-properties#last-activity-date).

**Longer A** :

n/a

Help answer your question? If so, remember to accept this solution now.

Best,  
Frank

Author the [_Perfect HubSpot Series_](https://mfrankjohnson.com/blogs/marketing-lab/tagged/_featured/?utm_source=hs-forum)

* * *

* * *

 ![hubspot-solutions-signature-mfrankjohnson-v05.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/3X/2/7/27f33a2557b556a36da15be33d54ef60513d59ef.png)

* * *

[MFrankJohnson.com](https://www.mfrankjohnson.com/?utm_source=hs-forum) | [Connect on LinkedIn](https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/mfjlabs)

 

_ **Help find posts quickly … accept this solution now.** _