# SMS notifications

Source: https://instatus.com/help/status-page/notifications/sms

Login to Instatus from [instatus.com/login](https://dashboard.instatus.com/login) then choose your status page.

1. Go to **Status page → Notifications**

![Enable SMS](https://instatus.com/help/notification/sms/enable.png)

2. Enable subscribe by SMS
3. Click Save
4. On the same page, scroll to the **SMS setup** section

![Set up SMS](https://instatus.com/help/notification/sms/sms2.png)

5. Select either Twilio, Esendex, Vonage, Bird or SNS as your service
6. Click Setup Twilio, Esendex, Vonage, Bird or SNS

- If you choose Twilio, you'll need to add your Account SID, Auth token, and Sender phone number
- If you choose Vonage, you'll need to add your API Key, API secret, and Sender phone number
- If you choose Esendex, you'll need to add your Username, API password, and Account Reference
- If you choose Bird, you'll need to add your API Key and Sender phone Number
- If you choose AWS SNS, you'll need to add your region, AWS Access key Id and Secret access key

7. Send a test SMS to ensure that you successfully integrated your SMS service

We're done! You can now notify your customers by SMS 🥳

## Add SMS subscribers

Go to **Subscribers**, then **SMS**, you'll find a list of your SMS subscribers which you can export as a CSV file.

To add a new subscriber click **Add SMS subscriber**.

A new form will appear where you can enter the number of your subscriber and choose whether to notify them about all updates or only updates for specific components.

![Add SMS Subscriber](https://instatus.com/help/notification/sms3.png)

## Manage your SMS subscribers

Go to **Subscribers**, then **SMS**.

If you want to unsubscribe someone, just click on the **Unsubscribe** button.

![Manage Sms Subscriber](https://instatus.com/help/notification/sms4.png)

## Import SMS subscribers

Instatus Pro allows you to import subscribers from a CSV file rather than manually inputting each sms subscriber. If you are already a Pro member, skip the first step.

1. Open the workspace menu in the sidebar, choose **Billing**, and upgrade to a Pro plan.

![Switch plan](https://instatus.com/help/page-type/private-page/1.png)

2. Get your spreadsheet ready

To import subscribers, your CSV _must_ contain **Name**, **Email** and **Phone** in the first row.

3. Go to **Subscribers**
4. Click on **Import Subscribers**

![Switch plan](https://instatus.com/help/notification/import.png)

5. Click on the **Upload Subscribers** button and select the CSV file you want to import subscribers from

![Switch plan](https://instatus.com/help/notification/import-modal.png)

- [Webhook notifications](https://instatus.com/help/status-page/notifications/webhook): Learn how to setup Webhook notifications.