How to schedule a LinkedIn post, on your profile or a Page
LinkedIn schedules posts up to 3 months ahead from the clock icon in the post box. Steps for desktop and mobile, what can't be scheduled, and the scheduler way.
Short answer
Yes, LinkedIn schedules posts itself: start a post, click the clock icon, pick a date and time, then Next and Schedule. A profile can schedule from 10 minutes to 3 months ahead, a Company Page from an hour. Events and jobs can't be scheduled, and Pages can't schedule polls or multi-photo posts.
How to schedule a LinkedIn post on desktop
- 1Click Start a post at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
- 2Write your post, and add a photo, video or document if you want one.
- 3Click the clock icon at the lower right of the post box.
- 4Choose a date and time between 10 minutes and 3 months from now. You can type an exact time instead of picking from the half-hour steps.
- 5Click Next, check the time shown above the post, and click Schedule.
LinkedIn converts the time to UTC from your device's time zone, so check the time zone setting on the device you schedule from. To cancel the schedule before you save, click Edit next to the time and choose Clear time.
How to schedule a LinkedIn post on mobile
- 1Tap Post in the navigation bar and write your post.
- 2Tap the clock icon at the upper right.
- 3Choose the date and time, tap Next, then Schedule.
What can't be scheduled
- On a profile: events and jobs. Text, photo, video, document and poll posts aren't on LinkedIn's list of exceptions.
- On a Company Page: events, posts with multiple photos, reshares, polls, jobs and service posts.
- Articles and newsletters: schedule them from the clock icon next to Publish in the article editor, on a computer; the LinkedIn app can't write articles.
Once a post is scheduled you can still edit it, change its time or delete it: how to see scheduled posts on LinkedIn has the steps. For Pages, scheduling LinkedIn Company Page posts covers who is allowed to post.
How to schedule LinkedIn posts with a scheduler
LinkedIn's API can only publish a post straight away; it has no scheduling of its own. So a scheduler keeps your post and publishes it at the time you choose, which is how it can go further ahead than LinkedIn's 3 months. In PostDaily:
- 1Connect LinkedIn. Your profile becomes a channel, and so does each Company Page you administer.
- 2Write the post (up to 3,000 characters) and attach images, a video or one PDF, which needs a title.
- 3Add up to 5 first comments, choose who sees a profile post, and switch off resharing if you want.
- 4Pick a time up to 12 months ahead, or add the post to that channel's queue.
One thing to know: LinkedIn is still reviewing PostDaily's access, so for now every PostDaily customer shares one daily allowance of LinkedIn requests. A post turned away for that reason is retried automatically. The LinkedIn scheduler lists everything it can post, and how to post a PDF on LinkedIn covers document posts.
LinkedIn scheduling questions
Can you schedule a post on LinkedIn?
Yes. Click the clock icon when you write a post and pick a time up to 3 months ahead. Profiles and Company Pages can both schedule.
How far in advance can you schedule a LinkedIn post?
Up to 3 months. A profile post has to be at least 10 minutes away, and a Page post at least an hour.
Can you schedule a LinkedIn poll?
On a profile, polls aren't on LinkedIn's list of exceptions. On a Company Page, LinkedIn says polls can't be scheduled.
Can you schedule LinkedIn posts on the mobile app?
Yes. Tap Post, write it, then tap the clock icon at the upper right and choose a time.
Last checked against LinkedIn Help and LinkedIn's Posts API documentation.
