Have you scheduled a Carousel (multi-photo) post and are ready to publish? Carousel posts are published using notification publishing. This means at your posts scheduled time, we'll send a notification to your mobile device. Open the notification and follow the steps below to set your post live.
Important:
- Multi-Photo posts are only available on paid plans.
- Due to Instagram limitations Multi-Photo posts can only be published through Later's mobile notifications. Auto publish is not available.
Select your device below for steps to publish carousel posts to Instagram.
Publishing on iOS
Note: These steps apply to the latest version of the Later iOS mobile app. If you experience any issues, please ensure you are app is up to date.
- Open the notification on your mobile device
- Tap Open in Instagram
- In Instagram, tap the + icon
- Tap the carousel icon
- Select all the Media Items before the blue stop marker shown below, then tap Next
- Tap in the caption field and select Paste to paste in the caption we automatically copied for you
- Tap Share to publish your post
Publishing on Android
- Open the notification on your mobile device
- Tap Open in Instagram
- Make sure you’re logged into the right Instagram account
- In Instagram, tap the + to create a new post
- Tap the multiple photo icon on the right
- Select all the Media Items before the blue stop marker, then tap Next
- Tap in the caption field and select Paste to paste in the caption we automatically copied for you
- Tap
to publish
Note: If you’re having trouble receiving mobile notifications, check out our troubleshooting guide.
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