How to Schedule LinkedIn Posts on Desktop, Mobile and Company Pages (2026)
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Yes, LinkedIn has a free built-in scheduler. Steps for profiles, Company Pages and mobile, how to edit scheduled posts, what can't be scheduled, and fixes.
Yes, you can schedule posts on LinkedIn, for free, without any extra tool. Start a post, click the clock icon next to the Post button, choose a date and time, click Next, then Schedule. It works on desktop and in the mobile app, for personal profiles and for Company Pages, up to three months ahead.
How to schedule a LinkedIn post on desktop
Click Start a post at the top of your LinkedIn feed.
Write your post and add any images, video or a PDF document.
Click the clock icon at the bottom right of the composer, next to Post.
Pick a date and a time. The dropdown moves in 30-minute steps, but you can type an exact time.
Click Next, check the preview, then click Schedule.
LinkedIn uses your device's time zone. If you're scheduling for an audience in another region, convert the time first, or the post will go out at the right hour in the wrong place.
How to schedule a LinkedIn post in the mobile app
Tap Post in the bottom bar of the LinkedIn app.
Write the post and attach your media.
Tap the clock icon at the top right.
Choose the date and time, tap Next, then Schedule.
How to schedule posts on a LinkedIn Company Page
Page scheduling works the same way, but you need to be a super admin or content admin of the Page. Members with other roles won't see the clock icon.
Open your Page's admin view.
Click Start a post (on mobile: Dashboard → Page posts → Post).
Write the post, then click the clock icon.
Pick a time at least one hour away, click Next, then Schedule.
Every admin on the Page can see, edit and reschedule posts any other admin has scheduled. A scheduled Page post can't be promoted in Campaign Manager until it's live.
How to find, edit or delete scheduled LinkedIn posts
Click Start a post, then the clock icon, then View all scheduled posts (on mobile: Post → clock → View all). Open the More menu on any post to edit the text, change the time, or delete it. Page admins also get Post now to publish straight away.
What you can and can't schedule on LinkedIn
Post type
Personal profile
Company Page
Text
Yes
Yes
Single image
Yes
Yes
Multiple images
Yes
No
Video
Yes
Yes
PDF document (carousel)
Yes
Yes
Newsletter article
Yes, desktop only
Yes, desktop only
Poll
Check your composer
No
Reshare of another post
No
No
Event, job or service post
No
No
LinkedIn Group post
No
No
Newsletter articles have their own scheduler in the article editor's Publish flow, which only exists on desktop. If an option you expect isn't in the scheduling menu, LinkedIn hasn't enabled it for that post type.
LinkedIn post limits worth knowing
What
Limit
Post text
3,000 characters
Visible before 'see more'
About 210 characters
How far ahead
Up to 3 months
Shortest lead time
~10 minutes (profile), 1 hour (Page)
The first 210 characters do most of the work. Most people never tap 'see more', so put the hook there. Our character counter shows exactly where LinkedIn will cut your post off.
Time zones and timing rules
LinkedIn schedules in your device's time zone. Check your computer or phone clock before picking a time for an audience elsewhere.
Profile posts need roughly 10 minutes of lead time; Page posts need 1 hour.
Nothing can be scheduled more than 3 months ahead.
Posts scheduled with a third-party tool don't appear in LinkedIn's own scheduled list, and LinkedIn's don't appear in the tool.
Why can't I schedule a post on LinkedIn? (Fixes)
Problem
Likely cause
Fix
No clock icon on a Company Page
Your Page role isn't super admin or content admin
Ask a super admin to change your role
Clock icon is greyed out
The post contains a poll, event, reshare or other unschedulable type
Remove that element, or post it manually
Time you want isn't accepted
It's under the minimum lead time or more than 3 months away
Pick a time at least 1 hour (Page) or 10 minutes (profile) ahead
Post went out at the wrong hour
Device time zone differs from your audience's
Convert the time, or change your device time zone first
Scheduled post is missing
You're looking at your profile's list while it was scheduled on the Page (or the reverse)
Switch between profile and Page in the composer, then View all scheduled posts
LinkedIn's scheduler vs a scheduling tool
LinkedIn native
Scheduling tool
Price
Free
Free tiers to paid plans
Other networks on the same calendar
No
Yes
Approval before posting
No
Usually
Queue / recurring slots
No
Usually
Profile and Page side by side
Switch between them
One calendar
Polls and events
Not schedulable
Not schedulable either (API limits)
When is the best time to schedule LinkedIn posts?
LinkedIn is a workday network: Tuesday to Thursday, late morning to late afternoon in your audience's time zone is the safest window, and weekends are quiet. The big studies disagree on the exact hour, so we compared them day by day in the best time to post on LinkedIn.
When a LinkedIn scheduling tool is worth it
If LinkedIn is the only place you post, the native scheduler is enough. A third-party scheduler is worth it when:
You post the same campaign to several networks. One calendar beats rewriting the post in five tabs.
Someone has to approve posts first. LinkedIn has no approval step; a client or manager can't sign off before it goes live.
You manage a founder profile and a Company Page. Planning both on one calendar keeps them from posting the same thing the same morning.
You want to queue posts into regular slots instead of picking a time for each one.
Tesselith already schedules Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon and Telegram from one calendar, with client approvals included. LinkedIn support is coming soon: profiles and Company Pages, including document posts. Join the LinkedIn waitlist and we'll email you the day it opens.
Yes. Click the clock icon next to the Post button, choose a date and time, then click Next and Schedule. It's free for personal profiles and Company Pages.
Is LinkedIn scheduling free?
Yes. The built-in scheduler works on free accounts. You don't need LinkedIn Premium or a Sales Navigator plan.
How far in advance can you schedule a LinkedIn post?
Up to three months ahead. Personal profile posts need at least about 10 minutes of lead time, and Company Page posts at least one hour.
Where do I find my scheduled posts on LinkedIn?
Click Start a post, then the clock icon, then View all scheduled posts. From there you can edit, reschedule or delete them.
Can you edit a scheduled post on LinkedIn?
Yes. Open View all scheduled posts, then use the More menu: Edit post changes the text, Modify schedule changes the time, and the bin icon deletes it.
Can you schedule a LinkedIn carousel or PDF?
Yes. Document (PDF) posts can be scheduled on profiles and Pages. Multi-image posts can be scheduled on profiles, but not on Company Pages.
Can you schedule LinkedIn posts from your phone?
Yes. In the app, tap Post, write your post, tap the clock icon at the top right, pick a time, then Next and Schedule.
Why can't I see the clock icon on my Company Page?
Only super admins and content admins can schedule Page posts. Ask a super admin to change your Page role.
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