--- title: "WhatsApp error 131049: what it means and how to fix it" description: "Meta limits how many marketing messages one person gets from businesses. Try again tomorrow, or wait for the customer to write — a reply inside the 24 hours…" url: https://gopromotenow.com/help-centre/error-too-many last_reviewed: 2026-10-10 --- Troubleshooting # Not delivered: “Meta held this message back to protect the customer from too many business messages.” Meta limits how many marketing messages one person gets from businesses. Try again tomorrow, or wait for the customer to write — a reply inside the 24 hours is not affected. Meta error code `131049` · [every code](https://gopromotenow.com/help-centre/whatsapp-error-codes) **Last updated:** 10 October 2026 [How this works in GoPromoteNow: WhatsApp error codes, explained](https://gopromotenow.com/help-centre/whatsapp-error-codes) More in Troubleshooting - [Not delivered: “Meta limited this number because too many people blocked or reported its messages.”](https://gopromotenow.com/help-centre/error-number-limited) - [Not delivered: “This person has stopped marketing messages from you.”](https://gopromotenow.com/help-centre/error-stopped-marketing) - [Not delivered: “Too many messages to this person in a short time.”](https://gopromotenow.com/help-centre/error-sending-too-fast) - [Not delivered: “This is the number the message is sent from, so it cannot receive it.”](https://gopromotenow.com/help-centre/error-own-number) [All help answers](https://gopromotenow.com/help-centre) ## See it working on sample data Every answer here describes the product as it is today. Look around the whole product on sample data, with no sign-in, or start a free trial that needs no payment details; when you are ready, our team connects your own number with you on a short call. [Start free trial](https://gopromotenow.com/signup) [See it working](https://gopromotenow.com/demo) [Chat with us on WhatsApp](https://wa.me/918555056745?text=Hi%2C%20I'd%20like%20to%20know%20more%20about%20GoPromoteNow)