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title: "How to Schedule a Post in a Facebook Group (2026)"
description: "How to schedule a post in a Facebook group on a computer and phone, where scheduled posts go, how to edit them, and what to do if you're a member, not an admin."
url: https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/schedule-post-in-facebook-group/
source: MultiGroupPoster (https://multiplegroupposter.com) - Markdown version of the page above, for LLMs.
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# How to Schedule a Post in a Facebook Group (2026)

How to schedule a post in a Facebook group on a computer and phone, where scheduled posts go, how to edit them, and what to do if you're a member, not an admin.

LB Liran Blumenberg  ·   Updated November 14, 2026  · ~10 min read · [Posting in a Facebook group](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/topic/single-group/)

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Quick answer

To schedule a post in a Facebook group, open the group, click Write something, write the post, then click the clock icon next to Post, pick a date and time and click Schedule. Only admins and moderators get that option. Members can’t schedule in Facebook at all, so they need a tool that posts from their own session.

Key takeaways

- Scheduling in a group is an admin and moderator feature. Members don't see the clock icon.
- Scheduled posts wait in Admin tools, under Scheduled posts, where you can edit, reschedule, publish now or delete them.
- Groups you manage also get a repeat option for recurring posts, like a weekly promo thread.
- Facebook has no way to schedule one post into several groups at once, and no outside tool can do it through Meta since 22 April 2024.
- For groups you only joined, a Chrome extension like MultiGroupPoster schedules from your own logged-in session, and Chrome has to be open when the time comes.

## How to schedule a post in a Facebook group on a computer

1. Open the group and click **Write something**.
2. Write the post. Photos, a link, a poll or a background color all work as usual.
3. Click the **clock icon** next to the **Post** button.
4. Choose the date and the time. The time is your own local time.
5. Click **Schedule**.

That’s it. The post doesn’t appear in the feed yet, and members get no notification until it publishes. If a Schedule or clock option isn’t there, jump to the five reasons it goes missing.

One thing to check before you click: a scheduled post goes out exactly as written. If it mentions “today” or “this weekend”, make sure that is still true on the day it publishes.

## How to schedule a group post in the Facebook app

1. Open the group in the Facebook app on iPhone or Android.
2. Tap **Write something** and write the post.
3. Look at the bottom of the post screen for the scheduling option. Depending on the app version it is a clock icon, **Schedule** or **Scheduling options**.
4. Set the date and time, then tap **Schedule** (or **Save** and then **Schedule**).

The app changes its labels more often than the website does. If you can’t find the option on the phone, open the same group on a computer: if it’s there, your app is the problem, not your role.

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## Find, edit or move a scheduled post

Scheduled posts live in the group’s admin area, not in the feed:

1. Open the group and go to **Admin tools** (on a phone, the shield icon near the top of the group).
2. Choose **Scheduled posts**.
3. Click the three dots (**···**) on a post. You can **edit** it, **reschedule** it to another time, **post now** or **delete** it.

Other admins and moderators see the same list, so a team can check each other’s posts before they go live. If you want a post at the top once it publishes, pin it afterwards; [how to pin a post in a Facebook group](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/pin-post-in-facebook-group/) shows the Featured section.

## Recurring posts in a group

Groups you manage get something Pages don’t: a repeat option. When you schedule the post, set it to come back daily, weekly or monthly. That fits the posts a group runs on, such as a Monday introductions thread, a Friday “share your offer” post or a monthly rules reminder.

If you’d rather have Facebook handle that kind of routine automatically, Admin Assist can also post and decline posts on rules you set; see the [Admin Assist guide](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/facebook-group-admin-assist/). And for a whole month of group posts planned in one sitting, the [group content calendar template](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/facebook-group-content-calendar/) has a week laid out.

## No schedule option? 5 reasons

1. **You are a member, not an admin or moderator.** This is by far the most common one. Members never get the clock icon.
2. **You are acting as the wrong profile.** If you switched to a Page or another profile, switch back to the one that holds the admin role.
3. **The app is behind.** Update Facebook, or try the same group on a computer.
4. **The post type can’t be scheduled.** Some formats, like a live video or certain sale listings, don’t offer scheduling.
5. **The time is out of range.** Facebook rejects times that are too soon or too far ahead and says so before it saves. For Pages, Meta’s Help Center gives 20 minutes to 29 days; for groups, go by what the date picker offers. [How many posts can you schedule on Facebook](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/how-many-posts-can-you-schedule-on-facebook/) covers those limits.

## Scheduling as a member

In a group you only joined, Facebook has no scheduling option, and outside tools can’t add one through Meta. Buffer, Hootsuite and the other cloud schedulers used Meta’s Groups API, which was switched off on 22 April 2024; the [Groups API post](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/facebook-groups-api-discontinued/) has the details.

What still works is a tool that posts from your own browser, while you are logged in, the same way you would by hand. That is the method behind [scheduling posts to joined Facebook groups](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/how-to-schedule-posts-to-joined-facebook-groups/): the post goes out as you, so it reaches any group you are allowed to post in, and the group’s own rules still apply. If the group reviews posts, your scheduled post lands in the queue like any other; [pending approval](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/facebook-group-post-pending-approval/) explains that part.

## Scheduling one post for many groups

Facebook’s scheduler works one group at a time. If you run five groups, you schedule five times. If you are a member of forty, you can’t schedule at all.

[MultiGroupPoster](https://multiplegroupposter.com/facebook-post-scheduler/) is the Chrome extension we make for that case. You write the post once, pick the group lists it goes to and set **Once, Daily, Week or Month** with a start time in your own time zone:

![MultiGroupPoster Planning and Frequency dialog: Repeat set to Week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday selected, start at 09:00 in America/Chicago, next run Mon, Oct 5 at 09:00](https://multiplegroupposter.com/images/app/howto/en/schedule.webp)

Planning & Frequency in MultiGroupPoster: one schedule for a whole group list, in your own time zone. Demo data.

When the time comes, it posts to each group in turn with a pause between them, from your own session. Two honest limits: Chrome has to be open at that time (if the computer sleeps, the run starts when it wakes), and a schedule doesn’t make volume safe. A queue that fires a hundred posts in ten minutes carries the same risk as doing it by hand, which is why the [posting limits guide](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/facebook-group-posting-limits/) matters more than the scheduler. If Facebook does ask you to slow down, [the “We limit how often you can post” message](https://multiplegroupposter.com/blog/we-limit-how-often-you-can-post-facebook/) explains what to do.

| You want to | Use |
| --- | --- |
| Schedule a post in one group you manage | Facebook’s clock icon in that group |
| Repeat a post in a group you manage | Facebook’s repeat option, or Admin Assist |
| Schedule a post in a group you only joined | A browser extension that posts from your session |
| Schedule one post for many groups | A browser extension with group lists, such as [MultiGroupPoster](https://multiplegroupposter.com/facebook-auto-poster/) |
| Schedule a Page post | Meta Business Suite or the Page itself |

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## FAQ

### How do I schedule a post in a Facebook group?

Open the group, click Write something, write the post, then click the clock icon next to the Post button. Pick a date and time and click Schedule. The post waits under Admin tools, in Scheduled posts, until it goes out. Only admins and moderators get the clock icon.

### Why can’t I schedule a post in a Facebook group?

Because you are a member, not an admin or moderator. Facebook only gives the scheduling option to people who manage the group. If you do manage it and the clock is missing, update the app, try a computer, and check you are posting as the profile that holds the admin role.

### Where do I find scheduled posts in a Facebook group?

Open the group, go to Admin tools (the shield icon in the app) and choose Scheduled posts. From there you can edit a post, change its time, publish it now or delete it.

### Can I schedule a recurring post in a Facebook group?

Yes, if you manage the group. When you schedule a post, Facebook offers a repeat option for groups you run, which suits a weekly promo thread or a Monday check-in. Members have no repeat option.

### Can I schedule the same post in several Facebook groups?

Not in Facebook itself. Each group has its own scheduler and you would set the post up group by group, and only in groups you manage. For groups you joined, a browser extension such as MultiGroupPoster schedules one post for a list of groups from your own session.

### How far ahead can I schedule a post in a Facebook group?

Facebook doesn’t publish a window for groups; the date picker shows what it will accept. For Pages, Meta’s Help Center says 20 minutes to 29 days, and if your time is outside the allowed range Facebook tells you so before it saves.

LB

#### Liran Blumenberg

Founder · MultiGroupPoster

Built MultiGroupPoster after spending 2 hours every morning posting real estate listings to Facebook groups. Now marketers everywhere use the extension to reclaim that time.

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