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Looking to schedule one post to multiple social profiles? With Later you can schedule posts for multiple profiles at the same time, and customize the post for each. This article will show you how.
Important:
- Multi-Profile scheduling is available through Later on the web as well as Later's iOS and Android apps
- Once a post has been scheduled, it can’t be added to additional social profiles
- Social profiles must be in the same Access Group to schedule to them at the same time
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Don't forget about the media requirements for different social platforms. You'll be able to customize the post for each profile to meet its requirements
- For example, while Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn posts may be text-only, Instagram posts must contain at least one image or video
Multi-Profile Scheduling
Desktop
- From app.later.com on desktop at the top of the Calendar page, click the check mark next to the profiles to which you'd like to schedule:
- Click Create Post from the left sidebar, or drag a media item to the Calendar to open up the Post Builder
- If any of your selected social profiles are expired, you'll be prompted to refresh the connection prior to scheduling:
- You can also modify which profiles are selected from the dropdown at the top left of the Post Builder (and if any selected profiles are unsupported for the chosen media type, it will be noted here):
- If any of your selected social profiles are expired, you'll be prompted to refresh the connection prior to scheduling:
- Enter your caption, then click Customize X Posts
- Customize the settings and content for each post you're scheduling
- If any selected profiles do not support the media type you selected, that profile will be greyed out
- Click Schedule X Posts
- Alternatively, click the down arrow next to the Schedule X Posts button > Save X Draft Posts to save your posts as drafts and come back to them later
Once scheduled, individual posts can be edited by clicking on them from the Calendar. Posts can't be bulk-edited.
iOS
Just like on the web, you can schedule a post to multiple profiles from Later's iOS app. Here's how:
- From the Schedule tab on Later's iOS app, tap the create post button in the bottom right
- From the Post Builder, tap the currently-selected profile at the top
- Select any additional profiles by tapping the checkboxes on the right-hand side
- Tap Done
- Add your media if desired (or if required for that platform), and write your caption
- Tap Next to customize the post for the next profile
- To return to the previous post, tap the back arrow in the top left
- When all your posts are ready, tap Select Time for All Posts
- Select a date and time for publishing, or tap Now under Select a Time to publish now
- Tap Schedule Posts
- Alternatively, tap Save as Drafts to save your posts as drafts and come back to them later
Android
Just like on the web, you can schedule a post to multiple profiles from Later's Android app. Here's how:
- From the Schedule tab on Later's Android app, tap the create post button in the bottom right
- From the Post Builder, tap the currently-selected profile at the top
- Select any additional profiles by tapping the checkboxes on the right-hand side
- Tap Done
- Add your media if desired (or if required for that platform), and write your caption
- Tap Next to customize the post for the next profile
- To return to the previous post, tap the back arrow in the top left
- When all your posts are ready, tap Select Time for All Posts
- Select a date and time for publishing
- Tap OK
Once scheduled, individual posts can be edited by tapping on them from the Calendar. Posts can't be bulk-edited.
How Are Posts Published?
Tweets, Pins, LinkedIn posts, and Facebook posts will go live at their scheduled time. Nothing further needed from you.
Instagram and TikTok posts:
- Posts set to Auto Publish (available to Instagram business and creator profiles and TikTok accounts only) will be automatically published at their scheduled time, or you can publish manually through notification publishing if you prefer.
- Instagram personal profiles must use notification publishing. See how to publish posts using notification publishing
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