Sometimes, staying active on Facebook during a busy day is difficult. If you schedule a Facebook post, it eases that burden. By planning ahead, you can prepare a photo, video, or text post in advance, then set a day and time for it to go live while you’re away or taking care of something else. Just like that, you can free up time to go shopping or attend a meeting without neglecting one of your Facebook pages or groups. Your followers are happy, and you can catch up on the things you want or need to do offline.
Let’s go step-by-step and learn how to schedule a post for Facebook pages and Facebook groups. It’s easiest withone of the many excellent Android phonesor an iPhone. You’ll also need the Facebook app.
Schedule posts to Facebook pages
Scheduling posts to your Facebook page is simple. you’re able to access nearly all the options of a regular post, such as photos, videos, check-ins, feelings, and more. If you want to learnhow to post a GIF on Facebook, we have a guidethat can help.
Live video can’t be scheduled. You can create a live event at a future date, but you can’t post a pre-recorded video as if it were live. You must be present for the livestream.
The mobile app makes scheduling a post to your Facebook page easy. Open the mobile app to get started.
Schedule posts to Facebook groups
Scheduling a post to a Facebook group is even simpler.
Schedule posts to personal Facebook accounts
It’s no longer possible to schedule a post to your personal Facebook account using the website or Facebook’s mobile app. Third-party apps have lost this ability as well. Facebook changed its application programming interface (API) in 2018 to tighten security and protect your privacy. As a result, you have to post to your personal timeline manually.
As a workaround, you can prepare your posts in advance, then set a reminder in Google Tasks or another to-do list app to copy and paste text and media to your Facebook account at the appropriate time. It’s not automatic, but it helps with planning and shifts some of the work to a more convenient time.
If you aren’t familiar with Tasks, we havea list of tips and tricks for Google Tasksto help you get the most from this free app.
Scheduling makes life easier
Now that you know how to schedule Facebook posts to your pages and groups, you can get ahead, freeing up time for other things. It also lets you think about timing. Instead of posting everything when it’s ready, you can experiment with the best time to post and distribute messages throughout the day. You can even plan for special events or holidays in advance, so it isn’t a rush on those occasions.
If keeping up with Facebook is getting to be too much for you and you need to take a break, you cantemporarily deactivate your Facebook accountand go back to it later when you’re ready to start posting again.
