How to Schedule a Twitter Post with TweetDeck

Scheduling tweets on Twitter will help you maintain your account. This habit helps you stay online on social media at times when you can’t go online to post in real time. Twitter’s TweetDeck tool allows you to schedule posts at any time.

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Schedule posts (tweets)

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Go to TweetDeck. Go to tweetdeck.twitter.com in a browser and log in with your Twitter account. If you’re already signed in to Twitter, you don’t need to sign in again.

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Click the New Tweet button to open the Tweet box.

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Select your accounts. Click on one or more Twitter accounts that you want to post to.

You can learn how to add an account to TweetDeck yourself.

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Compose your post. Don’t forget that the post limit is 280 characters. You are allowed to add images to your post by clicking the Add images button. Learn how to write a good tweet yourself so you know what to share.

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Click the Schedule Tweet button. This button is located just below the “Add images” button.

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Select a time and date to post. You can switch to another month by clicking the > button. Click the AM/PM button to change the time of day.

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Schedule your posts. Click the Schedule Tweet at [Date] button to save it. It is done.

Manage Scheduled Posts

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Go to TweetDeck. Go to tweetdeck.twitter.com in your browser and log in with your Twitter account.

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Click the Add cpun button in the sidebar.

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Select Scheduled in the screen that appears. A new column for scheduled posts will now appear in the dashboard.

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Edit post. Click the post’s Edit button. Now proceed to edit your post on the left.

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Delete a scheduled post if desired. Click the Delete button from the post and confirm your deletion.

Warning

Scheduling and posting a lot in a short period of time can cause your Twitter account to be marked as spam, leading to suspension or account lockout.

Steps

Schedule posts (tweets)

Manage Scheduled Posts

Warning

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