- Knowledge Base
- Marketing
- Marketing Email
- Send a test marketing email
Send a test marketing email
Last updated: October 7, 2025
Available with any of the following subscriptions, except where noted:
-
Marketing Hub Starter, Professional, Enterprise
To test how a marketing email will appear in recipients' inboxes before you send it, you can send a test email from the email editor.
This article covers how to send a test email on desktop in the email editor. Learn more about sending a test email using the HubSpot mobile app.
Subscription required Edit permissions for marketing emails are required to send test emails.
- In your HubSpot account, navigate to Marketing > Email.
- Click the name of a drafted email.
- In the email editor, click the Preview and test dropdown menu in the top right and select Send test email.
- In the right panel, click the Send test to dropdown menu and select a recipient.
- To receive the test email as a specific contact, click the Preview as contact dropdown menu and select a contact.
- To receive a test email of the plain text version of the email, click to expand the Advanced section and select the Send plain text version checkbox.
- Click Send.
The recipient you selected will receive the test email in their inbox. The test email will have a from address of noreply@hubspot.com and from name of Marketing Email Preview Send.
Email
Marketing Email
Thank you for your feedback, it means a lot to us.
This form is used for documentation feedback only. Learn how to get help with HubSpot.