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# How to send emails to contacts that have a particular custom field

### How to send emails to contacts that have a particular custom field

Platformly users can create their own custom field in the CRM. You can read more about how to do this [here](https://help.platform.ly/en/article/how-to-use-custom-fields-in-platformly-14ohomv/). If you need to send an email to those with a specific custom field, you can do so as set out below:

Option 1. You can do it manually directly from the CRM. Simply filter the contacts according to the custom field, then select the contacts and select "Send Email".

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/38fcf8f7d7ddec00/email-custom-field_181xxob.png)

Option 2. You can create a tag and then create an automation rule so that whenever a contact is created and the particular custom field is not empty or has a certain term, the tag is applied. Then you can email those with this tag whenever you want to.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/38fcf8f7d7ddec00/email-custom-field-2_2sve2t.png)

You could even create an automation rule that the tag is added when the custom field is updated to a particular term.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/38fcf8f7d7ddec00/email-custom-field-3_mpte6p.png)

Option 3. Through an automation if you have a particular email ready to broadcast, simply create an automation for it.

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/38fcf8f7d7ddec00/email-custom-field-4_156rt06.png)

That's how you can send out emails to contacts that have a particular custom field.