How can I make SMS, WhatsApp, and email channels appear in the Unassigned inbox?
hey
1. Check Channel Connections
Make sure all channels (WhatsApp, SMS, Email) are properly connected under
Settings → Channels → Email / WhatsApp / SMS. If they’re not connected, they won’t flow into the inbox at all.
2. Review Assignment Rules
Go to Settings → Workflows → Assignment Rules and see if there are any rules that auto-assign those conversations to teammates or teams. If they’re being assigned, they’ll skip the Unassigned inbox.
3. Edit Inbox Filters
Open your Unassigned inbox view and click “Edit”.
Make sure all those channels (Email, WhatsApp, SMS) are selected under “Source” so conversations from those sources show up there.
Once those are in place, new messages from those channels should start appearing in the Unassigned inbox as expected. Hope this helps!
Hey
I strongly discourage people from using the Unassigned inbox for this use case. The Unassigned inbox should be used for “anything weird” that needs investigation (for example if a workflow isn’t doing the right thing, then it will probably not assign to the proper inbox and the conversation will go into the Unassigned inbox). Consider it a failsafe for your workspace. You will then need to understand what was wrong, and correct the failed workflow. The goal is to have as little elements as possible in the Unassigned inbox.
On top of that, I would advise to have the setting Default assignee in the Assignment Setting to “Unassigned”.

Now for having all the Email, WA and SMS go into one inbox, it’s just a matter of creating an inbox this this purpose and assigning all those conversations to this inbox.
Doing so you will have a much cleaner workspace! 👍🏻
Hello
Thank you for reaching out.
My goal was to ensure that all new messages (from all channels) go to the Unassigned inbox, so the attendants can see them there and assign them accordingly.
Please, share with me your thoughts.
Best regards,
MM
Use the proper audience criteria for this workflow. Choose “when a customer sends their first message” because you want to target any NEW message. And choose all the channels you need (I selected email, facebook and sms here because I don’t have Whatsapp but it’s the same).
Then the only thing you have to do is to Assign to the team you have just created. I’ve also added a “message” that will act as a “Auto-reply” whenever you receive a message.
Hope that helps you :)


Hello
I am not finding the path to edit the inbox filters. Could you guide me, please?
I've created a workflow slightly different from your recommendation-attached.
However, when the Fin Ai agent route to an human agent, the mesasge is not going to the new Inbox.
Could you help me to know what is going on, please?
Thank you in advance,
MM
My guesses:
- you have another workflow that is starting instead of this one. If you have multiple workflows in the same category, make sure they are ordered properly as only one Customer facing workflow will start and it is the first one corresponding to the Audience criteria.
- you have Fin asking for clarity before assigning it to the team inbox. Check Fin’s options by clicking on the big action “Let Fin Answer”
One thing for sure is you shouldn’t assign to Unassigned just like that for no reason. It’s quite useless and can cause unnecessary complexity.

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