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Create and schedule posts and stories on Meta Business Suite desktop
You can plan ahead with your content with Meta Business Suite desktop. It can help you save time and stay organised when you schedule your posts and stories. The sections below describe how to schedule posts and stories across your Facebook Page and Instagram account on Meta Business Suite desktop.
Before you begin
The steps below only apply if you're trying to schedule posts for Meta Business Suite desktop. Learn more about how to schedule posts on Meta Business Suite mobile app.
- Make sure that you're working in the correct account. To select a different Facebook Page and Instagram account in Meta Business Suite, click the drop-down menu in the top left of your sidebar.
- Select the Facebook Page and Instagram account that you want to create and schedule posts for.
How to schedule posts on Meta Business Suite desktop
To schedule a post using Meta Business Suite:
- Go to Meta Business Suite from your desktop.
- Go to Content or Planner. You can also go to Home.
- Click Create post.
- Select where you want to schedule a post: Facebook Feed, Instagram Feed or both.
- If this is your first time to schedule a post, you may have to reconnect your Instagram account. Learn more about how to connect your Instagram account on Meta Business Suite desktop.
- Enter all of the details of your post, including text, media and an optional link and location. Learn more about how to use a Vimeo template to create a post.
- Note: You can't add both a photo and link preview for Facebook posts. Links for Instagram posts won't load photo preview.
- For Facebook-only posts, add an optional Feeling/activity, location, messages button or link to your post. You can also run an A/B test.
- (Optional) To publish the post later, click Schedule.
- Select your Privacy settings and whether you want the post to be Public or Restricted.
- Preview your post on the right. You can also see how it will look on Facebook compared to Instagram or on desktop compared to mobile.
- (Optional) Select whether you want to Boost the post, which will create an ad with the post.
- Click Publish.
- If you choose to Boost the post, you'll see another screen with more selections to make.
You can see your post on the date that it was scheduled to publish or has been published by going to Content or Planner. Learn more about how to reschedule posts on Meta Business Suite desktop.
