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How to Schedule a LinkedIn Post
LinkedIn lets you schedule a post 10 minutes to 3 months ahead with the clock icon. Steps for desktop and mobile, the limits, and when a tool helps.
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You can schedule a LinkedIn post without any tool. Write the post, click the clock icon in the post box, pick a date and time between 10 minutes and 3 months from now, and click Schedule. LinkedIn publishes it at that time, from your own profile, exactly as if you had posted it live.
How to schedule a LinkedIn post on desktop
- Click Start a post at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
- Write your post in the "What do you want to talk about?" box and add any image or video.
- Click the clock icon in the lower-right corner of the post box.
- Pick the date and time, then click Next.
- Click Schedule.
How to schedule a LinkedIn post on mobile
- Tap Post in the navigation bar.
- Write your post in the "Share your thoughts..." box.
- Tap the clock icon in the upper-right corner.
- Pick the date and time, then tap Next.
- Tap Schedule.
How to see, edit or delete scheduled posts
Open the post box again and click the clock icon. It shows a small badge with the number of posts you have waiting. Click View all scheduled posts (on mobile, tap View all) to see the list. From there, the More menu next to each post lets you choose Modify schedule or Edit post, and the delete icon removes it.
The limits of LinkedIn's built-in scheduler
| Rule | What LinkedIn allows |
|---|---|
| How far ahead | Between 10 minutes and 3 months from now |
| Time zone | Converted to UTC from your device's time zone, so check it before you travel |
| Post types you cannot schedule | Events and jobs |
| Company pages | Page admins can schedule Page posts too, from the Page's own post box |
These rules come from LinkedIn's own help pages and were checked in October 2026. LinkedIn changes the composer often, so if a button has moved, the clock icon is still the thing to look for.
Does scheduling hurt your reach?
There is no credible evidence that it does. LinkedIn built the scheduler into its own composer, which would make little sense if it then punished people for using it. What hurts reach is what scheduling can tempt you into: posting and then disappearing. Comments in the first hour or two are what tell LinkedIn a post is worth showing to more people, so plan to be around when a scheduled post goes out, or schedule it for a time when you will be.
When the built-in scheduler is enough, and when it is not
If you post once or twice a week and write each post the day before, LinkedIn's scheduler is all you need. It is free and it posts from your own account.
It gets harder when you plan a week or a month at a time. The native scheduler holds posts one by one: there is no weekly posting schedule to fill, no calendar to drag posts around on, and no place to design carousel slides. That is the gap a scheduling tool fills. Before you pick one, check how it connects. A safe tool sends you to LinkedIn to sign in and publishes through LinkedIn's official API. A tool that asks for your password, or installs a browser extension that clicks and connects for you, is the kind LinkedIn restricts accounts for. Here is where LinkedIn draws that line.
Scheduling LinkedIn posts with PinBoostr
PinBoostr publishes to LinkedIn through the official API with one posting permission, and nothing posts until you approve it. You set the weekly times you like to post, and "Add to queue" drops each new post into the next free time. A calendar shows the whole month, drafts save as you type, and the built-in carousel studio designs slides without a slide tool. It is the same dashboard as PinBoostr's Pinterest tools, so both run from one login. See the LinkedIn scheduling tool, or compare the options in the best LinkedIn scheduling tools.