If you have a professional Instagram account, you can schedule a feed post from the Instagram app by preparing the post, opening Advanced settings and selecting Schedule this post. Instagram will then hold the post in Scheduled content until the selected publication time.
What you need before scheduling an Instagram post
Instagram’s native scheduling workflow has three important requirements and limits:
- Account: You need a professional Instagram account.
- Device: This documented workflow is for the Instagram mobile app on iPhone or Android.
- Limits: Instagram says you can schedule up to 25 posts per day and choose a date up to 75 days ahead.
These requirements and limits come from Instagram’s scheduled-content guidance. The exact placement or wording of controls can vary with the app version or feature rollout.
Instagram also warns that changes involving the account type, a linked Page or related account links can interfere with scheduled publishing. Avoid making those changes while relying on queued content.
How to schedule an Instagram feed post
- Open the Instagram app on your iPhone or Android phone.
- Create and prepare the feed post you want to publish, including its caption and other available options.
- Before sharing the post, open Advanced settings.
- Select Schedule this post.
- Choose the future date and time when you want the post published.
- Confirm the selected time and complete the scheduling action instead of sharing the post immediately.
- Open Scheduled content and check that the post appears with the intended publication time.
This guide covers feed posts only. Collaborative publishing is a separate process; see how to make a collab post on Instagram if that is your intended workflow.
How to find and manage a scheduled post
Open Scheduled content in the Instagram app and locate the queued post by its preview and scheduled date. Check the displayed time carefully, including the date, before leaving it queued.
Select the post and open its available options if you need to make a change. The supplied evidence does not confirm a stable route or an identical set of management controls across current iPhone and Android versions. Use only the actions displayed in your app rather than assuming that rescheduling, immediate publishing, editing or deletion is available on every account.
If the expected action is not shown, first update Instagram and check Scheduled content again. Do not rely on an unverified menu path from a different app version.
What to do if the scheduling option is missing
- Confirm that the account is a professional account.
- Make sure you are using the Instagram mobile app rather than attempting this documented workflow on desktop.
- Update Instagram through your device’s app store.
- Restart the phone and reopen Instagram.
- Check that the phone has a working internet connection.
- If necessary, reinstall Instagram. This is a troubleshooting check, not a guaranteed way to make scheduling available.
Instagram notes that some features may not be available to everyone at the same time. These checks follow Instagram’s troubleshooting guidance, but they cannot force an account-level rollout.
If the control remains missing or does not work, you can report a technical problem to Instagram from the app.
Do you need a professional account to schedule Instagram posts?
Yes. Instagram’s official native scheduling documentation requires a professional account and identifies the mobile app as the supported context for this workflow.
How far ahead can you schedule an Instagram post?
Instagram officially documents scheduling up to 75 days ahead, with a limit of up to 25 scheduled posts per day.