---
title: "Sending and receiving messages"
description: "Centralise team communications using Ability8's inbuilt chat feature."
url: https://help.ability8.app/en/articles/90-sending-and-receiving-messages
collection: "Ability8 Chat"
updated: 2026-04-16
language: en
---

# Sending and receiving messages

Centralise team communications using Ability8's inbuilt chat feature.

Ability8 chat provides a simple and secure way for you and your team to communicate. Chats can be one to one or a group.

When a message is sent, the recipients are automatically notified via the push notifications within Ability8.

## Start a chat

1.  To access the chat feature, tap the **speech balloons icon** (top of your screen).
    
2.  Tap **New Chat**.
    
3.  (Optional) Enter a **chat title**.
    
4.  Select the **users** for this conversation.
    
5.  Tap **Start Chat**.
    
6.  Enter your message.
    
    > **Warning:** It is currently not possible to delete an individual message. If you need to delete a message, you would have to delete the entire conversation via the Chat settings (three cogs icon).
    
7.  (Optional) To attach a file to the message, tap the **paper clip icon** and select the file.
    
8.  Tap the **paper plane icon** to send the message.
    

## Search or view chat files

1.  Tap the chat that want to search or view files.
    
2.  Tap the **three cogs icon** (top right corner)
    
3.  Tap **View Files**.
    
4.  Enter a keyword to search for a file.
    
5.  Tap the file icon to view the file.