This step by step guide will show you how to compose a tweet and then schedule it to be sent at a later time or date.
Overview
The steps to schedule a tweet are slightly different depending on the device you’re using. Fortunately, we’ve got you covered regardless as to whether you’re using a mobile device (iPhone, Android, iPad etc) or a desktop/laptop (Windows, macOS, Linux etc).
Schedule a Tweet Using a Mobile Device (Android/iOS)
Long story short: use the “mobile web” version of Twitter. That means instead of using the Twitter app to schedule a tweet, you use Twitter via the web browser on your phone or tablet. Here’s how –
- Open the web browser on your phone or tablet (Safari, Chrome etc) and open the page https://mobile.twitter.com. Sign in with your Twitter username and password. Once you’ve signed in, tap the “Compose Tweet” button.
- Compose your tweet the same way you always do – attach a photo or video if you’d like – everything you’d normally do. Instead of tapping the Tweet button, locate and tap the Schedule icon/button which is found towards the bottom of the ‘compose tweet’ box (see screenshot below).
- Now choose the date and time that you’d like the tweet to be automatically sent. When you’ve made your selections, tap the Confirm button.
- The Tweet button will now switch to say Schedule instead. Tap it.
- You’ll see a little confirmation notification letting you know the tweet has been scheduled. You can now close out of the browser if you’d like – you don’t need to keep it open for the tweet to be sent later.
- If you ever want to see a list of your scheduled tweets, go back to the compose window and look for the link titled Unsent Tweets (Note: you will not have an Unsent Tweets link if you don’t have any currently scheduled tweets or tweets that have been saved as drafts).
- Select the Scheduled tab and from here you’ll find a list of all the tweets you currently have scheduled to send at a later time/date.
- That’s it!
Schedule a Tweet Using a Desktop or Laptop (Windows/macOS/Linux)
- Head over to twitter.com in your favorite web browser and sign in. Click the large Tweet button.
- Compose your tweet the same way you always do – attach a photo or video if you’d like – everything you’d normally do. Instead of tapping the Tweet button, locate and tap the Schedule icon/button which is found towards the bottom of the ‘compose tweet’ box (see screenshot below).
- Enter in the required info in the Date and Time sections and then click the Confirm button.
- Finally, click the Schedule button.
- That’s it! Your tweet will be sent at the time you specified back in step #3 and you don’t need to keep Twitter or your browser open, it’s all taken care of. If you ever want to review your scheduled tweets, compose a new tweet and look for the Unsent Tweets link – which will only appear if you have scheduled or tweet drafts saved.
- Select the Scheduled tab to see your scheduled tweets.
- That’s it!