How to Set Up Missed Call Text Back (2026 Step-by-Step Guide)
Missed call text back automatically sends a text to anyone whose call you miss, within seconds of the hang-up. Businesses recover 30–45% of leads that would otherwise call a competitor. Total setup time for the build below: about 15 minutes. [Stats placeholder — verify before publish.]
What you'll need
- Your business phone number (and access to its forwarding settings)
- An SMS-capable line or a tool that provides one
- 15 uninterrupted minutes
1 Choose where the automation will live
First-person narrative from the real build: the three routes (carrier feature, standalone tool, inside your CRM), and which this guide uses. [Placeholder]
2 Connect your phone number
Exact clicks, from the real build. [Placeholder]
3 Write a text-back message that actually converts
The default message vs. what we rewrote it to, and why. [Placeholder]
4 Test it with a real missed call
Call your line from another phone, hang up, time the SMS. What "good" looks like: under 60 seconds. [Placeholder]
The two ways to run this long-term
Keep the manual build
What you just built works. You'll maintain the number forwarding, message copy, and any CRM handoff yourself. Best if you're technical and cost-sensitive.
Let your CRM do it
Missed call text back is a built-in feature in GoHighLevel — the same result in ~10 minutes, plus every caller lands in a follow-up pipeline automatically.
See how it works in HighLevel We may earn a commission if you buy through this link.Troubleshooting
The text never sends
[Real issue from the build + fix. Placeholder]
It texts people who hung up on purpose (robocalls, wrong numbers)
[Real issue + the filter we added. Placeholder]
The SMS lands as spam
[A2P registration note. Placeholder]