Can you add music to a scheduled Instagram post?
Instagram's app adds library music, but its scheduling steps never mention it, and schedulers can't use the library. What each method allows, and what works.
Short answer
Partly. In the Instagram app you can add library music to a post or Reel, but Meta's scheduling instructions don't mention music, so check before relying on it. Scheduling tools can't use Instagram's music library. What always works is music already in your video file, within Instagram's copyright rules.
In the Instagram app
Instagram's music library works on photo posts (Add audio), on photo carousels (but not carousels that include a video) and on Reels (the Music tool). The app's own scheduler takes posts and Reels too, and its steps cover the caption, effects and filters, then More options and Schedule this post. Instagram's help centre doesn't say whether music added before you schedule is kept, so if the song matters, check the post in Scheduled content before it goes out, or share it at the time.
Not every account gets the full library. Instagram says its licensed music is for personal, non-commercial use, that certain business accounts can't use it, and that some songs aren't available in some regions. Its alternative is the Sound Collection: more than 14,000 royalty-free songs and sounds for Reels and Stories that can be used commercially.
In Meta Business Suite
On a computer, Business Suite only lets you add or change a Reel's audio when it posts to Facebook; it can't edit the audio of an Instagram Reel. Its post and Story composers have no music option.
With a scheduling tool
No scheduling tool can add a song from Instagram's own music library. Since June 2026, Meta's API has an Audio API that attaches music to Reels, but only for accounts connected through Facebook, not Instagram Login, and only to Reels. Meta's pages describe its tracks two ways: as audio cleared for third-party use, which may differ from the app's selection, and as royalty-free Sound Collection music. Either way, it isn't the full library you see in the app.
PostDaily doesn't attach music. It publishes the audio already in your video, and on a Reel you can rename that audio once, so it shows your own name rather than "Original audio".
What works: music in the video file
- Edit the music into the video first. Instagram treats audio in an uploaded video as original audio, so it publishes from any app or scheduler.
- Use music you have the right to use. If the track is licensed music, Instagram may recognise it, label it with the artist and song, and add your Reel to that song's page.
- Keep songs short. Instagram says videos with more full-length recorded tracks are more likely to be muted or blocked, and that a video should always have a visual part.
- If it gets muted: the post stays up, and Instagram lets you replace the muted audio once with a track from the library.
Music and scheduling questions
Can you schedule an Instagram Reel with music?
In the Instagram app you can add music from its library to a Reel and schedule it, though Instagram doesn't document whether the music is kept. Scheduling tools can only publish music that is already in the video, or Meta's API audio on accounts connected through Facebook.
Why can't my business account use Instagram music?
Instagram's licensed library is for personal, non-commercial use, and certain business accounts can't use it. The Sound Collection's royalty-free tracks are the alternative for Reels and Stories.
Can schedulers like PostDaily add Instagram music?
Not from Instagram's music library. PostDaily publishes the audio in your video file, and lets you rename a Reel's original audio.
The other steps are in how to schedule Instagram posts, and Reel length and size are in Instagram post sizes.
Last checked against Instagram's help centre, Meta Business Suite help, and Meta's Instagram Audio API docs and changelog.
