# Workflow when New Contact is Created **URL:** \ **Category:** Lists, Lead Scoring & Workflows\ **Tags:** workflows\ **Created:** [September 3, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-when-new-contact-is-created/25028 "2020-09-03T19:49:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lcominotto](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/lcominotto/32/57633_2.png) [@lcominotto](https://community.hubspot.com/u/lcominotto)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-when-new-contact-is-created/25028/1 "2020-09-03T19:49:05Z")
How can I trigger a workflow when a new contact is created? I can only seem to find a way to use specific create dates. ---
**Author:** ![danie\_poolman](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/danie_poolman/32/23040_2.png) [@danie\_poolman](https://community.hubspot.com/u/danie_poolman)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-when-new-contact-is-created/25028/2 "2020-09-03T20:36:45Z")
Hi @lcominotto , To trigger a workflow whenever a new contact has been created you can create a contact based workflow\> select start from scratch and select the contact property “Create Date” is “known”. This will ensure that any contact that has a create date that is “known” (all of them will have this) will be enrolled. You can then create the desired actions within this workflow. Hope that helps! Danie ---
**Author:** ![lcominotto](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/lcominotto/32/57633_2.png) [@lcominotto](https://community.hubspot.com/u/lcominotto)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-when-new-contact-is-created/25028/3 "2020-09-04T12:48:31Z")
Thank you! And then I just won’t enroll those who currently meet the criteria. That definitely helps. ---
**Author:** ![LAMIEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@LAMIEL](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LAMIEL)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 8:50am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-when-new-contact-is-created/25028/4 "2022-02-02T08:50:57Z")
Hi Danie, if i want to trigger a workflow ONLY on contact creation time, but not all the contacts with Created Date is Known , what can i do ? Thanks in advance, laurent Amiel, Radwin ---
**Author:** ![RDC1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@RDC1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RDC1)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-when-new-contact-is-created/25028/5 "2022-05-07T16:02:16Z")
Hi Lamiel, Did you figure out how to do this. I also want to create workflows that run only when a contact is first created. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![RDC1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@RDC1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RDC1)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-when-new-contact-is-created/25028/6 "2022-05-07T16:06:41Z")
Lamiel - actually looks like by default enrollment in a workflow only happens the first time the requirements are met. If you want to re-enroll you have to explicitly use a re-enrollment trigger. These docs explain it, [Add re-enrollment triggers to a workflow](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/workflows/add-re-enrollment-triggers-to-a-workflow) ---
**Author:** ![LAMIEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@LAMIEL](https://community.hubspot.com/u/LAMIEL)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-when-new-contact-is-created/25028/7 "2022-02-02T08:56:57Z")
Hi Daniel, how to limitate the trigger only to the new contact created ( and not to all teh contacts created) Thanks laurent AMIEL, Hubspot Customer, Radwin ---
**Author:** ![MrGhara](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mrghara/32/48165_2.png) [@MrGhara](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MrGhara)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-when-new-contact-is-created/25028/8 "2022-03-09T12:26:28Z")
Hi Laurant, hope you’ve got your answer, If not here is what I suggest: Set all the things in your workflow properly and then when you want to switch it on there is an option that you can use to enroll just new contacts after turning the workflow on , I’m attaching the image so you could find it easier. (the first option) Regards, Mr.Ghara ![Screenshot 2022-03-09 142247.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/7/7197a0125452624960feec040600c30422ff16aa.png)