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Contacts timeline

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Breandan Flood
Last updated: August 24, 2026
Note: This feature is only available on Growth and higher plans.

The contacts timeline shows all your contacts, both people and organizations, and their activity history on one page. For each contact, you get an overview of open deals, email conversations, notes and completed activities.

Use the contacts timeline to:

  • Filter contacts down to the specific group you need
  • Send group emails to your filtered contact people

Get started with contacts timeline

Go to Contacts > Contacts timeline, then select either the person or organization icon depending on the type of contacts you want to review.

From here, you can open existing contacts or create new ones by clicking “+ Person” or “+ Organization”.

To add an activity, deal or note directly from the timeline, click “+”.


Filter your timeline

Note: The contacts visible to you depend on your visibility group and permission set settings. Learn more about global user management.

You can narrow down what appears on the timeline using four types of filters:

Filter by date

Choose the time frame you want the timeline to display.

Filter by custom filter

Apply an existing filter or create a new one to show a specific group of contacts.

Filter by timeline item

Select which items appear on the timeline, including deals, sent emails, notes and activity types.

Note: Active filters appear with a highlighted background, while inactive ones appear plain. Click “All” to toggle all timeline item filters on or off at once.

Filter by follow-up frequency

Choose how often contacts should be contacted. Click the pencil icon, enable the setting and use the slider to define the frequency.

Any contact who hasn’t been followed up with within that timeframe appears in red, and a counter at the top of the screen shows how many contacts are overdue.


Send emails from the timeline

Note: To send emails, you must first set up your email sync.

You can email one or more people directly from the contacts timeline.

Select the contact people you want to reach out to and click “Send group email”.

If a selected person doesn’t have a linked email, you’ll see a warning and won’t be able to send messages.

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