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product: "business-phone"
cluster: "messaging"
intent: "business-phone.virtualtext-forward"
docSlug: "virtualtext-forward"
task: "Forward texts from Business Phone"
title: "Forward texts from Business Phone | VirtualPBX"
meta_description: "If this option is not available within your dashboard, you may be on a plan that does not include Add-Ons. Please reach out to our Customer Service Team to"
answer: "If this option is not available within your dashboard, you may be on a plan that does not include Add-Ons. Please reach out to our Customer Service Team to discuss upgrading your plan and turning this feature on by emailing experience@virtualpbx.com or calling +1 (888) 825 0800"
audience: "admin"
updated: "2025-03-20"
legacy: ["virtualtext-forward"]
headings: [{"depth":2,"text":"VirtualText Forward","id":"virtualtext-forward"}]
lint: ["meta-answer","answer-first"]
---

<aside class="note"><p>Text Forward is a feature that enables a number, or numbers, on your account to forward to an email or webhook when that number receives a text message. This can not be applied to numbers that are already using VirtualText at this time.</p></aside>

## VirtualText Forward

Once the feature is turned on, hover over the black bar on the three line menu to choose ‘Messaging’ 

<img src="/assets/virtualtext-forward/image.png" alt="VirtualText Forward" width="829" height="650" loading="lazy" decoding="async">

The Messaging page is where you’ll be able to view VirtualText, Text Numbers, and VirtualText Forward. 

<img src="/assets/virtualtext-forward/image-1.png" alt="VirtualText Forward" width="883" height="277" loading="lazy" decoding="async">

  1. Choose VirtualText Forward

<ol>
<li><p>Add Number</p>
<img src="/assets/virtualtext-forward/image-2.png" alt="VirtualText Forward" width="779" height="744" loading="lazy" decoding="async"></li>
<li><p>Choose which number you would like to receive forwarded texts from. All numbers beside VirtualText numbers will be available. </p>
</li>
<li><p>Enter the email address that should receive those messages or paste in the webhook url. Once this is completed, just click on Create Text Forward.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Next, test your message delivery by clicking send a test message. Your message will display what number is the message sent from, what number is sent to, and the message content.</p>
</li>
</ol>

Please note MMS is sent as an attachment on emails and is not available in your webhook’s payload.