# Workflows smart delays

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflows-smart-delays/12698>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** workflows\
**Created:** [January 31, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflows-smart-delays/12698 "2019-01-31T19:34:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![RERM97](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/rerm97/32/30597_2.png) [@RERM97](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RERM97)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflows-smart-delays/12698/1 "2019-01-31T19:34:34Z")

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I’d love to have an option in workflows that allows me to set (for example) a 7-day delay but any contact that meets the if/then criteria goes automatically to the next step. This would allow workflows to be smarter and more fluent.

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