# How to Schedule LinkedIn Posts: Native and Cross-Channel > How to schedule LinkedIn posts with LinkedIn's own scheduler, 10 minutes to 3 months ahead, and from one calendar when you also run X and video. Canonical page: https://www.socialfaktory.com/blog/how-to-schedule-linkedin-posts Published: 2026-10-03 Language: en Learning how to schedule LinkedIn posts takes about a minute, because LinkedIn's own scheduler works on desktop and mobile and accepts times from 10 minutes to 3 months ahead. It works well for LinkedIn alone. If you also post on X or publish video, a shared calendar saves you opening three apps. ## How to schedule LinkedIn posts with LinkedIn's own scheduler? Write the post in LinkedIn's composer, open the scheduling option next to the Post button, pick a date and time, and confirm. LinkedIn moves its buttons around now and then, so look for the clock or "Schedule" option beside Post if the layout has changed. 1. Open the post composer and write the post. 2. Add images or documents, and check the preview. 3. Open the scheduling option next to Post. 4. Choose a date and a time. 5. Confirm. The post waits until then. Use a time at least 10 minutes out. LinkedIn's scheduler accepts anything from 10 minutes to 3 months ahead, so a post written on October 3 can be queued for early January. ## What can't LinkedIn's scheduler schedule? LinkedIn's scheduler doesn't cover Events, Jobs or Services posts. Those you publish when you create them. Everything else you'd normally write in the post composer can wait for a later time. You can also change your mind. A scheduled post can be rescheduled or deleted from the same place, so a Monday post you spot a typo in on Sunday isn't stuck. LinkedIn's scheduler is the right pick when LinkedIn is the only place you post. One app, nothing to connect, nothing new to learn. The rest of this article is for when that stops being true. ## How far ahead should you schedule LinkedIn posts? Schedule a week at a time if you post three times a week, and a month at a time only if the content won't go stale. A post about "this week's news" scheduled six weeks ahead tends to read as late by the time it goes out. A simple rhythm: write on one afternoon, preview each post once, schedule all of them, and leave the weekend alone. You'll find mistakes less often when you aren't writing the posts and checking them in the same hour. For picking the length of each post, see [how long a LinkedIn post should be](/blog/how-long-should-a-linkedin-post-be). ## How do you schedule LinkedIn posts from SocialFaktory? Write the post in SocialFaktory's [LinkedIn writer](/features/ai-linkedin-post-generator), preview it, and pick the date and time on the same screen, in your own timezone. Preview shows the post exactly as it will look on LinkedIn, and every post starts as a draft. Nothing goes live until you schedule it. You get three drafts per brief to choose from, and the writer can learn your voice from your own posts. Voice setup is covered in [writing LinkedIn posts in your own voice](/blog/write-linkedin-posts-in-your-own-voice). Once you pick a draft, you can publish now, keep it as a draft, or schedule it. The difference shows up when you run more than one channel. SocialFaktory keeps one queue for 7 channels: TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Facebook and Pinterest. Each channel is connected once. SocialFaktory's [social media scheduling](/features/social-media-scheduling) suggests posting slots in your timezone. Keep a suggested slot or set your own time per post. ## What does the calendar show once posts are scheduled? The [content calendar](/features/content-calendar) shows your scheduled posts in a month, week or day view, with every channel in one view. LinkedIn posts, X posts and videos share the one calendar, and you can filter by channel. Drag a post to a new slot when plans change. Gaps are visible, so a Thursday with nothing in it looks empty instead of fine. A post that fails to publish is marked failed on the calendar with the reason. For planning the whole week, [a content calendar for X and LinkedIn](/blog/content-calendar-for-x-and-linkedin) gives a working template. ## What should you check before you schedule? Check four things: the hook before the "see more" cut, the length against 3,000 characters, the link, and the timezone. A scheduled post you didn't proofread publishes at the time you picked, to everyone. Do this at the end of each scheduling session, not the start, when you've stopped writing and can read the posts like a stranger would. Read the first 140 characters on their own. Look at the live count if the post is long. Click the link once. Then confirm the timezone the scheduler is using, because 9 a.m. in the wrong zone is a midnight post. [Get started](/register) and schedule your next week of LinkedIn posts from one place. **In one sentence:** Schedule LinkedIn posts with LinkedIn's own scheduler from 10 minutes to 3 months ahead, or from SocialFaktory when you also run X and video and want one calendar in your own timezone. ## Questions ### Can you schedule LinkedIn posts? Yes. LinkedIn has its own scheduler on desktop and mobile, with times from 10 minutes to 3 months ahead. ### How far ahead can you schedule a LinkedIn post? Up to 3 months ahead, and no sooner than 10 minutes from now. ### Can you schedule every kind of LinkedIn post? No. LinkedIn's scheduler is not available for Events, Jobs or Services posts. ### Can you change or delete a scheduled LinkedIn post? Yes. LinkedIn lets you reschedule or delete a scheduled post before it goes out. ### Does SocialFaktory schedule LinkedIn and X together? Yes. One queue covers 7 channels, and LinkedIn posts, X posts and videos share one calendar. ### What happens if a scheduled post fails? It is marked failed on the SocialFaktory calendar with the reason. ## More detail - All articles: https://www.socialfaktory.com/blog.md - What SocialFaktory does: https://www.socialfaktory.com/features.md - Pricing: https://www.socialfaktory.com/plans.md