automation/scheduleandexpire/page.mdx

---
title: "Command: `scheduleandexpire`"
short_name: scheduleandexpire
---

import Modes from "@/components/MDX/Modes";

# `scheduleandexpire`

Sends a message and deletes it after the given primary and secondary timeframe, respectively.

## Notes

If you don't specify a unit of time like s, m, h, etc, it will default to seconds. So if you put 100 by itself, it will put it down as 100 seconds.

### Aliases
`expiresc`
`scex`
`schedulexp`

### Syntax

```
-scheduleandexpire <send_after> <expire_after> [content]
-expiresc <send_after> <expire_after> [content]
-scex <send_after> <expire_after> [content]
-schedulexp <send_after> <expire_after> [content]
/scheduleandexpire content: [content] send_after: [after how long] expire_after: [when do you want to delete it] channel: [channel] (OPTIONAL)
```

### Required Permissions

`ManageMessages`

### Modes

<Modes modes={["legacy", "interaction"]} />

### Examples

```
-scheduleandexpire 10m 20m Take a coding break!
-expiresc 10m 20m Remember to review suggestions!
-scex 10m 20m Break time!
-schedulexp 10m 20m Time to stop!
/schedule send_after: 10m expire_after: 20m content: Code a file! channel: general
```
1	---
2	title: "Command: `scheduleandexpire`"
3	short_name: scheduleandexpire
4	---
5
6	import Modes from "@/components/MDX/Modes";
7
8	# `scheduleandexpire`
9
10	Sends a message and deletes it after the given primary and secondary timeframe, respectively.
11
12	## Notes
13
14	If you don't specify a unit of time like s, m, h, etc, it will default to seconds. So if you put 100 by itself, it will put it down as 100 seconds.
15
16	### Aliases
17	`expiresc`
18	`scex`
19	`schedulexp`
20
21	### Syntax
22
23	```
24	-scheduleandexpire <send_after> <expire_after> [content]
25	-expiresc <send_after> <expire_after> [content]
26	-scex <send_after> <expire_after> [content]
27	-schedulexp <send_after> <expire_after> [content]
28	/scheduleandexpire content: [content] send_after: [after how long] expire_after: [when do you want to delete it] channel: [channel] (OPTIONAL)
29	```
30
31	### Required Permissions
32
33	`ManageMessages`
34
35	### Modes
36
37	<Modes modes={["legacy", "interaction"]} />
38
39	### Examples
40
41	```
42	-scheduleandexpire 10m 20m Take a coding break!
43	-expiresc 10m 20m Remember to review suggestions!
44	-scex 10m 20m Break time!
45	-schedulexp 10m 20m Time to stop!
46	/schedule send_after: 10m expire_after: 20m content: Code a file! channel: general
47	```