Enabling Auto Publish for Instagram and TikTok

If you’ve enabled Auto Publish, Later can automatically post to your social profiles on your behalf. 

Auto Publish is automatically enabled for LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, Threads, and Snapchat. However, enabling Auto Publish for Instagram and TikTok requires a few extra steps.

You can enable Auto Publish for Instagram through Later for desktop or Later’s mobile apps.

Auto Publish Requirements

First, you’ll need to make sure you meet the requirements to enable Auto Publish. These requirements are set by the social platforms, not by Later.

For Instagram

To enable Auto Publish for Instagram, you must have an Instagram business or creator profile.

Due to API changes from Instagram, Instagram personal profile connections are no longer supported. If you need to switch your Instagram profile type, see Instagram Profile Types & How to Switch.

Once this requirement is met, proceed to Enable Auto Publish For Instagram.

For TikTok

To enable Auto Publish for TikTok, you must have at least one public TikTok video on your profile. You can use either a personal or business profile.

Once this requirement is met, proceed to Enable Auto Publish For TikTok. 

Enable Auto Publish for Instagram

Once you’ve enabled Auto Publish for Instagram and/or TikTok, future posts scheduled to those profiles will default to Auto Publish. Existing scheduled posts will still be set to notification publishing. To learn more, see Auto Publish vs. Notification Publishing & How to Switch.

If you’re having trouble enabling Auto Publish, please refer to Troubleshooting Auto Publish for solutions to common issues.

Desktop

1. Log in to Later for desktop
2. Select Settings > Social Sets & Access Groups 
3. Select Edit next to the Access Group that contains your Instagram profile (or the one you’d like to add it to)
4. If you haven’t yet added your Instagram profile to Later, select Add Social Profile and select an empty Instagram slot
5. If you have already added your Instagram profile to Later, select Refresh or Enable next to your Instagram profile:
   
   
6. Log in to Instagram (or the Facebook account linked to your Instagram profile) as prompted, or if you were automatically logged in, confirm you’re in the correct account by verifying the username
   • If you aren’t being prompted to log in to Instagram or Facebook at this stage, please see Troubleshooting Auto Publish.

7. In the pop-up from Instagram or Facebook, ensure all permissions are toggled on

   • You may need to select Edit Access and expand all sections to verify all permissions are enabled
   Important: If you don’t grant Later all permissions, you may experience posts failing to publish, social profile connections disconnecting, a constant need to refresh your connection, and missing analytics data. If you’re having trouble enabling the correct permissions, see Troubleshooting Auto Publish.
8. You are redirected back to Later—follow any remaining prompts to complete the process

Once complete, your Instagram profile is in the Connected state:

Auto Publish has been successfully enabled. 

iOS

1. In Later’s iOS app, tap Account > Social Sets
2. If you haven’t yet added your Instagram profile to Later, select Connect next to an empty Instagram slot:
   
3. If you have already added your Instagram profile to Later, tap it, and then tap Refresh or Enable:
   
   
4. Follow the prompts to log in to Instagram (or the Facebook account linked to your Instagram profile) to complete setup

Android

1. In Later’s Android app, tap Account > Social Sets
2. If you haven’t yet added your Instagram profile to Later, select Connect next to an empty Instagram slot
3. If you have already added your Instagram profile to Later, tap it, and then tap Refresh or Enable
4. Follow the prompts to log in to Instagram (or the Facebook account linked to your Instagram profile) to complete setup
   • If you're not already logged in to this Facebook account, please do so via the Facebook app and then try these connection steps again

Enable Auto Publish For TikTok

You can only enable Auto Publish for TikTok through Later on the web. You must enable Auto Publish for TikTok on desktop before you can schedule TikTok posts for Auto Publish via mobile

1. Log in to Later for desktop
2. Select Settings > Social Sets & Access Groups 
3. Select Edit next to the Access Group that contains your TikTok profile (or the one you’d like to add it to)
4. If you haven’t yet added your TikTok profile to Later, select Add Social Profile and select an empty TikTok slot
5. If you have already added your TikTok profile to Later, select Refresh next to your TikTok profile:
   
6. Log in to TikTok as prompted, or if you were automatically logged in, confirm you’re in the correct account by verifying the username
   • If not, log out of TikTok first and try again (or try from an Incognito/private browsing window)
   • If you aren’t being prompted to log in to TikTok at this stage, please see Troubleshooting Auto Publish
7. Make sure all of the permissions are toggled on
8. Select Continue without disabling any permissions:
   

You are redirected back to Later and shown a success banner when your TikTok profile is successfully connected:

Once complete, your TikTok profile is in the Connected state:

Auto Publish is now enabled.