How to schedule Instagram Stories
Yes: photo and video Stories can be scheduled from a business or creator account; link, poll and music stickers can't. Where to schedule them and what survives.
Yes, you can schedule Instagram Stories from a business or creator account, as long as the Story is photos or video. A Story with a link, poll, music or other interactive sticker can't be scheduled: those stickers can only be added in the Instagram app when you post. The Instagram app's own scheduler covers posts, Reels and carousels, and Stories only on a paid Meta One plan. Stories are scheduled in Meta Business Suite, or in a tool like PostDaily that publishes them through Meta's API. Facts checked against Meta's developer docs and help centre on 11 November 2026.
In Meta Business Suite
- 1Click Create story
From the home page or the Content tab. Under Post to, choose your Instagram account, your Facebook Page, or both.
- 2Add up to ten photos or videos
Business Suite's editor can add text, mentions, stickers and a link to each one.
- 3Choose Schedule and pick the time
Scheduled Stories are under Content → Stories → Scheduled. These steps are from Meta's help centre, checked on 27 September 2026.
In PostDaily
- 1Attach photos or one video, and choose Story
Several photos publish as consecutive frames, up to 10. A video Story is one video of 3 to 60 seconds, published on its own.
- 2Schedule it or add it to the queue
It goes live at that time and disappears 24 hours later, like any Story.
What doesn't survive scheduling
- No interactive stickers. Links, polls, questions, music and countdowns can't be added through Meta's publishing API, so no scheduler can include them.
- No caption and no first comment. A Story has no caption field, and Stories don't take comments.
- No people tags or collaborators. PostDaily doesn't send them on Stories.
- Each frame counts toward Instagram's daily cap. A 10-frame Story is 10 posts against the limit on how much an app can publish in a day, and a long Story can hit it part-way. The post records which frames went out.
The same Story on Facebook
Select your Instagram account and your Facebook Page in the same post and choose Story for each. Facebook takes one photo or video per Story, so a Story going to both is limited to one item; schedule a multi-photo Instagram Story on its own. See How to schedule Facebook Stories.