A recipient blocked under 21610 regains delivery by texting START or another opt-in keyword to the sender; the sending business cannot clear it on the recipient's behalf per the documented process.

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
Twilio
Product
Twilio Programmable Messaging
Subsystem
opt-out handling
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-10-02
Checked
2026-10-02

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting business SMS that is not delivered: source note business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-err-21610-start-resub. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-err-21610-start-resub

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-err-21610-start-resub,
  title  = {Troubleshooting business SMS that is not delivered: source note business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-err-21610-start-resub},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-err-21610-start-resub},
  note   = {Source note business-sms-delivery-troubleshooting-err-21610-start-resub, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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