Send and receive files
Attach images, documents and short videos to a reply, and what each channel does with them.
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You can send a customer a photo of the product, a price list in PDF or a short video straight from the conversation. Files customers send you appear in the conversation too, on every channel.
Attach a file to a reply
- Open the conversation in Customer Support → Inbox.
- Click Attach under the reply box and choose the file. In the phone app, Attach → Photo library picks photos and videos.
On chat channels each file goes out as its own message as soon as it has uploaded. Write your text before or after it.
In an email conversation you can choose several files at once (up to 10). They are listed under the reply box and go out with your email when you click Send email. Click the × on a file to remove it before sending.
You need Work access to Customer Support to send files.
What you can send
Each file can be up to 10 MB, and a video up to 25 MB. Ha Tang accepts:
| Kind | Formats |
|---|---|
| Images | PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, HEIC and HEIF (iPhone photos) |
| Video and audio | MP4, MOV (iPhone videos, stored as MP4), M4A, MP3 |
| Documents | PDF, TXT, CSV, ZIP, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX |
Ha Tang checks that a file's content matches its type, so a renamed file is refused. If an upload fails, the reason appears next to the buttons, for example "Files must be 10 MB or smaller".
What each channel does with your file
Platforms have their own limits. When a channel cannot carry a file, Ha Tang sends the customer a download link with the file name instead, so the message still arrives.
| Channel | Sent as a file | Otherwise |
|---|---|---|
| Website and app chat, email | Every file | |
| Zalo OA | Images up to 1 MB; PDF, DOC and DOCX up to 5 MB | Download link (videos too: Zalo OA takes no video) |
| TikTok Shop | Images up to 5 MB | Download link |
| TikTok | Images up to 10 MB | Download link |
| X | One image (up to 5 MB) or one MP4 video (up to 15 MB) per message | Download link for the rest |
| Personal Zalo | MP4 videos show as a video with a preview, as if sent from the phone; other files up to 25 MB | Download link |
| Videos up to 16 MB play in the chat | Larger videos go as a document | |
| Telegram | Files up to 20 MB | Download link |
| Messenger, Instagram, LINE | Sent through the platform | The platform's own limits apply; a refused file shows Not delivered |
Files from customers
Images show in the conversation; click one to open it full size. Other files show as a link with a paperclip; click to download. HEIC photos show as a link, because browsers cannot display them.
Ha Tang copies files from the platforms so they stay available after the platform's own link expires. Most channels keep files up to 10 MB; Telegram up to 20 MB; WhatsApp videos and documents, LINE and personal Zalo up to 25 MB.
Troubleshooting
| Problem | Cause | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| "Files must be 10 MB or smaller" (videos: 25 MB) | The file is too large | Compress it, record a shorter video, or share a link to it in a message |
| "File type … is not allowed" | The format is not in the list above | Save it as PDF or an image, or zip it |
| "File content does not match its type" | The file was renamed, or is damaged | Export it again from the original app |
| The customer got a link instead of the file | The channel's limit is lower than the file | Send a smaller file if they need it in the chat |
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