Twitter is a microblogging and social networking service where users can tweet to share their ideas and thoughts within 280 characters. You can post any text/media files, like, comment, and retweet tweets on Twitter. Apart from tweeting, you can also schedule your tweets in the mobile app or website for the future. So that you no need to go for free or paid third-party premium tools like Hootsuite, Buffer, Tweetdeck, social oomph, sprout social, and more.
How to Schedule Tweets on Twitter Mobile
If you think, how do I schedule tweets on Twitter? Here is the step-by-step guide to schedule tweets for free on Twitter itself.
- Open the Twitter app on your Android or iOS mobile, and log in to your account.
- Type your tweet and if needed, add any media like image, video, gifs, emojis, or create a poll based on your preference.
- Now click the calendar/clock icon to set scheduling options.
- Set the correct timezone, date, and time to schedule your tweet to publish. (By default, Twitter will set a tweet for exactly five days in the future.)
- Click confirm at the top right, and your tweet is scheduled.
By clicking the below-scheduled tweets, you can see the list of scheduled tweets on this Twitter account with the date and time.
How to Schedule Tweets on Twitter Website
- Open twitter.com on your web or phone browser, and log in to your Twitter profile.
- Type your tweet and add any media like image, video, gifs, emojis, or create a poll based on your preference.
- Now click the calendar/clock icon to set scheduling options.
- Set the correct timezone, date, and time to schedule your tweet to publish. (By default, Twitter will set a tweet for exactly five days in the future.)
- Click confirm at the top right, and your tweet is scheduled.
Note: You can’t schedule a Tweet more than 18 months in the future.
How to Schedule Tweets on TweetDeck
TweetDeck is a free Twitter tool for managing multiple accounts, schedule posts, real-time tracking, organizing, reaching target audiences, and discovering the best of Twitter.
By following the below steps you can easily schedule tweets on TweetDeck.
- Sign in to your TweetDeck account and click the Tweet.
- Confirm that the Twitter account you’d like to Tweet from is selected.
- Compose your Tweet. Include an image or video with the Tweet by clicking Add images or video.
- Click Schedule Tweet and select the date and time you’d like the Tweet posted.
- Click Schedule Tweet with the right date and time.
Twitter also recently introduced Twitter fleets which are like story-type disappearing tweets and Twitter spaces which is a group audio chat to discuss anything with followers. Try these too!