# Sequences - Delay before 1st email is sent.

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/sequences-delay-before-1st-email-is-sent/63461>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** sequences\
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/sequences-delay-before-1st-email-is-sent/63461 "2022-08-22T16:39:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![RockyPrairie](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/rockyprairie/32/93181_2.png) [@RockyPrairie](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RockyPrairie)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/sequences-delay-before-1st-email-is-sent/63461/1 "2022-08-22T16:39:54Z")

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This to me is a no-brainer.

We should be able to add a delay before our initial email is sent. Though delays are available for every step beyond the first, we are unable to choose a delay and a send time for the initial touch email.

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**Author:** ![JKing06](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@JKing06](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JKing06)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/sequences-delay-before-1st-email-is-sent/63461/2 "2024-02-05T14:15:34Z")

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This also seems like a no-brainer to me. There are times I’m emailing someone and I want to set up an automated series of follow up emails- it’s a pain to add a reminder to add someone to a sequence down the road