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# Messages Center for Subcontractors
## Learn how to access and utilize the messages center
You can confidently manage your conversations and relationships with PlanHub contacts using the Messaging Center.
**Step 1:** Click the **Messages Center** icon at the top right of your screen. All your messages, sent and received, are organized there.
**Step 2:** Look for the **Projects** tab to find message threads related to bids and projects. These could be messages you started, or ones from general contractors or suppliers. Select a message from the list to read the conversation.
**Step 3:** Next, select the **General** tab to see threads not linked to a project. These are usually messages started from a company's profile on the Network page. If you want to see every message, choose the **All** tab.
**Step 4:** Keep your inbox focused: mute conversations or block users. To do this, open the three-dot menu. Unread messages stand out with a green bubble showing how many you haven’t viewed yet. Simply click the thread to read them.
Muted conversations stay quiet—new messages won’t trigger notifications.
**Step 5:** Each message shows a timestamp when it was sent. Delivery status: a single check mark means delivered, two means read. Want to change or remove a message? Hover on it, then use the 3 dot action menu that appears.
**Step 6:** Click the **Info** icon in any thread to review all team members involved, view shared files and access links within a message.
**Step 7:** Use the **Search** bar in Messaging Center to quickly locate any contact, file, or link you’ve shared in conversations.
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Start a new conversation right from your project page for seamless communication.
**Step 1:** In the messages center, click the **Projects** tab.
**Step 2:** Click the project name on the message to view its project page.
**Step 3:** From the project page, send messages to general contractors and suppliers. Locate the list of general contractors in the lower right side of the **Overview** tab page.
**Step 4:** Hover on the GC’s company card and select **View Profile**.
**Step 5:** Inside the company profile page, under **Team Members**, pick the team member you want, then click the message bubble icon.
**Step 6:** A message pop up window appears. Upload files as needed then, type your message, and click Send.
**Step 7:** To contact a supplier, click on the **Suppliers** tab. (for example: when requesting an estimate of materials)
**Step 8:** Make adjustments as needed. Your company’s selected trades appear and suppliers are selected based on your trade preferences automatically. To adjust the supplier list, use the supplier dropdown menu.
**Step 9:** Type your message then, click Send Request.
Help your company build new relationships with general contractors and suppliers by using your messaging center.
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