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How to Schedule LinkedIn Posts: Profile and Company Page

By PostMediaAI6 min read

You can schedule LinkedIn posts natively on both a personal profile and a company page. Click the clock icon next to Post, pick a date and time, and LinkedIn publishes it for you. The rules differ a little between profiles and pages, and some post types can't be scheduled at all, so it's worth knowing the limits before you plan a month of content.

How to schedule a post on your LinkedIn profile

LinkedIn's Help Center describes the same flow on desktop and in the app.

  1. Click Start a post at the top of your feed.
  2. Write your post and add any media.
  3. Click the clock icon. On desktop it's in the lower right of the post window; in the mobile app it's in the upper right.
  4. Choose a date and time. LinkedIn lets you type an exact time instead of using the dropdown.
  5. Click Next, then Schedule.

LinkedIn says the time is based on your device's time zone and converted to UTC. If you travel or work with people in other regions, double-check the time before you confirm.

Limits for profile posts

  • Timing: from 10 minutes to 3 months in the future.
  • Length: LinkedIn posts can be up to 3,000 characters.
  • Post types: LinkedIn says events and jobs can't be scheduled.

How to schedule a post on a LinkedIn company page

Scheduling for a company page, which LinkedIn calls a Page, works the same way from the Page admin view. LinkedIn's help article lists these requirements and steps:

  1. Go to your Page's super admin or content admin view.
  2. Click Page posts in the left menu.
  3. Click Start a post.
  4. Click the clock icon in the lower right to open the Schedule post dialog.
  5. Select a date and time, then click Next.
  6. Finish the post and click Schedule.

Limits for Page posts

  • Who can schedule: only super admins and content admins.
  • Timing: from 1 hour to 3 months in the future.
  • Post types: LinkedIn says you can't schedule events, multiple photos, reshares, polls, jobs or service posts for a Page.
  • Ads: you can't promote a scheduled post through Campaign Manager's "Browse existing content" option until it's published.

That list matters for planning. If your content plan for a Page includes polls or multi-image posts, those still need to be published by hand on the day.

How to see, edit or reschedule a scheduled LinkedIn post

People search for this a lot, because scheduled posts aren't shown in your feed. For Pages, LinkedIn says you can open a scheduled post and choose:

  • Post now, to publish it immediately.
  • Edit post, to change the content.
  • Modify schedule, to change the date or time.
  • Delete post.

LinkedIn also says Page admins can view, edit, reschedule and delete posts scheduled by other admins, and if an admin is removed, their scheduled posts move to the admin who removed them. That's useful for small teams sharing one Page.

For your own profile, LinkedIn's member article on scheduling posts (linked in the sources below) covers how to find and manage what you've queued. Whichever account you use, check the queue once a week so nothing outdated goes out.

Why a LinkedIn scheduled post might not work

If a scheduled LinkedIn post is not working, these are the common causes, based on the rules above:

  • The time is too close. Profile posts need at least 10 minutes and Page posts at least an hour.
  • The post type isn't schedulable, such as a poll, an event or a multi-photo Page post.
  • You're not a super admin or content admin of the Page.
  • The time zone isn't what you expected, because LinkedIn uses your device's time zone.

Native scheduling vs a social media scheduler

LinkedIn's built-in scheduler is fine if LinkedIn is your main channel. A scheduler helps when:

  • You run a personal profile and a company page and want both on one calendar.
  • The same announcement also goes to X, Instagram, Threads or a Facebook Page.
  • Several people draft posts and need to see the whole week.

PostMediaAI lists both LinkedIn and LinkedIn Page as separate channels, so you can connect your profile and your company page and see them side by side on one calendar. Each connected account uses one channel slot on your plan, and every plan includes unlimited posts. See the pricing page for plan sizes.

A simple workflow for planning a month of LinkedIn posts

1. Decide what the profile and the Page are for

A personal profile usually carries opinions, lessons and behind-the-scenes stories. A company page carries product news, hiring and customer-facing updates. Writing them separately avoids the Page sounding like a person and the person sounding like a press release.

2. Draft in batches

Block one session a week or a month. Write the core idea of each post first, then shape it for LinkedIn: a clear opening line, short paragraphs and one point per post. If you start from a blog article or a long video, pull out a single lesson per post rather than summarizing everything.

PostMediaAI can draft a first version from a topic or a link, shaped for each platform, and you edit it in your own voice. That turns one idea into a LinkedIn version and, if you want, a shorter version for X or Threads.

3. Leave room for real-time posts

Don't schedule every slot. Leave gaps for news, replies to industry conversations and the polls or multi-image posts that LinkedIn won't let a Page schedule.

4. Check after publishing

After a scheduled post goes live, look at it on LinkedIn: the line breaks, any link preview and any tagged people. Then stay around for comments; LinkedIn conversations often happen in the first hours. For more on finding times that work, see Social media scheduling guide: workflows, timing, and fewer mistakes, and for juggling several accounts, see How to Manage Multiple Social Media Accounts Without Losing the Plot.

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FAQ

Can you schedule posts on a LinkedIn company page?

Yes. LinkedIn says super admins and content admins can schedule Page posts from 1 hour to 3 months ahead from the Page admin view. Events, multiple photos, reshares, polls, jobs and service posts can't be scheduled.

How far in advance can you schedule a LinkedIn post?

Up to 3 months. The minimum is 10 minutes for a profile post and 1 hour for a Page post, according to LinkedIn's Help Center.

Can you edit a scheduled LinkedIn post?

For Pages, LinkedIn lists Edit post and Modify schedule as options for a scheduled post. If an edit option isn't available for your post type, delete it and schedule a new version.

Is scheduling LinkedIn posts free?

The clock icon is part of LinkedIn itself and isn't listed as a paid feature in LinkedIn's scheduling help articles. Third-party schedulers have their own pricing.

Does scheduling hurt reach on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn doesn't say that scheduled posts are treated differently. What you post and how people respond matter far more than how you hit Publish.

Related guides: How to Auto Post to Instagram (and Reels), How to Auto Post and Schedule TikTok Videos and How to Schedule YouTube Shorts (Step by Step).

Sources

Platform rules change often. These are the official pages behind the limits and steps in this guide, checked when it was written:

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