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description: Perform a send preview in Email Studio to generate a preview of the email and send a test.
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# Perform Send Preview

Perform a send preview in Email Studio to generate a preview of the email and send a test.

Before you begin this procedure:

- Create a subscriber with the desired attributes for which to preview the email
- Have permission to send or to view tracking

If the subscriber you select for the preview has a status of Unsubscribed, the generated preview doesn’t deliver any test send. If the subscriber you select for the preview has a status of Bounced or Held, you receive an error when trying to perform the test send.

If sending to a data extension, you don’t see the status of that subscriber as that is kept at the All Subscribers level. The send preview test send appears to send, but the send doesn’t occur when the subscriber is unsubscribed at the All Subscribers level. That location contains a data extension’s status by default. To see if the subscriber you chose is unsubscribed, search for the subscriber.

If a dynamic subject or dynamic preheader is set in the email, the text version sets the subject or preheader display in send preview.

1. Choose the checkbox next to the name of the email or click the name of the email.
2. Click **Send Preview**.
3. To preview the email, choose the subscriber.
4. Select a From Name.
5. Complete the header and footer section.
6. Click **Generate Preview**.
7. For Preview Mode, click **Desktop View** and **Mobile View** to view what the content looks like on a mobile or desktop device for each subscriber.
8. Click **Send Test Email**.
9. Complete Preview Email. Enter one email address in the To field. If you have Cc functionality enabled in your account, you can copy up to four email addresses. The Send button is only active when the email addresses are in the correct email address format. Every email address receives the same email and is able to view the header.
10. Click **Send**.

#### See Also

- [Search for a Subscriber](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_es_search_for_subscriber.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Search for a subscriber using enhanced subscriber features in Email Studio for Marketing Cloud Engagement.")