In this Article:
Add your Facebook Business Page to Later to schedule and Auto Publish posts.
This article covers how to schedule Facebook posts with images, GIFs, or text. For Facebook Reels, see Schedule & Publish Facebook Reels.
Important:
- You can schedule posts to Facebook Business Pages only
- Facebook doesn’t support scheduling to personal profiles, including profiles in professional mode, or Facebook Groups at this time
- You can schedule to Facebook from Later on the web or Later's iOS and Android apps
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All users can schedule Facebook posts with 1 image, 1 GIF, 1 video, or only text
- Users on current paid plans can schedule Multi-Photo (carousel) posts with up to 10 photos as well as Facebook Reels
- Facebook Stories can't be scheduled or published through Later at this time
- The number of Facebook posts you can schedule monthly is dependent on your plan
- Facebook posts can be up to 63,206 characters
- URLs in Facebook posts are clickable
- URLs in text-only Facebook posts will generate a link preview
- Tagging for Facebook is not available at this time
- Facebook posts are always auto published
Schedule a Facebook Post
Note: When you schedule a Multi-Photo (carousel) post through Later, it will show up as a photo album post on Facebook, not a carousel.
Desktop
- Go to your Calendar on Later on the web
- Select your Facebook Page at the top
- Drag and drop the media item(s) you want to schedule, or drag the Create Text Post box onto your Calendar for a text-only post
- Set the date and time you want the post to go out
- Add your caption up to 63,206 characters and hashtags, or add Saved Captions
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Optional edits:
- Edit your media by clicking Edit Image/Video under it
- Click Change Media to rearrange or add/remove media
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Click Schedule Post
- Alternatively, click the down arrow next to the Schedule Post button > Save as Draft to save your post as a draft and come back to it later
iOS
- Go to the Schedule tab in the Later iOS app
- Tap the create-post button in the bottom right
- Select your Facebook Page
- Add your caption up to 63,206 characters and hashtags, or add Saved Captions
- If you want to add media item(s), tap +
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Optional edits:
- Tap a photo to crop it
- Tap x to remove media
- Tap Change next to where it says No Time Selected
- Select a date and time for publishing, or tap Now under Select a Time to publish now
- Tap Save
- Tap Schedule Post
- Alternatively, tap Save as Draft to save your post as a draft and come back to it later
Android
- Go to the Schedule tab in the Later Android app
- Tap the create-post button in the bottom right
- Select your Facebook Page
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Add your caption up to 63,206 characters and hashtags, or add Saved Captions
- If you want to add media, tap +
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Optional edits:
- Tap a photo to crop it
- Tap x to remove media
- Tap Change and select a date and time for publishing
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Tap Schedule Post
- Alternatively, tap Save as Draft to save your post as a draft and come back to it later
Your Facebook post will be automatically published at its scheduled time.
Tip: To bulk schedule Facebook posts, create your own Quick Schedule for Facebook.