How to Reschedule a Post on Facebook

Accidentally scheduled a Facebook post for the wrong time, or realized breaking news just made your planned content feel a bit off-tone? It happens to everyone. The good news is that changing the date or time on a scheduled post is straightforward once you know your way around Meta’s Business Suite. This guide will walk you through the exact steps for rescheduling a post on a Facebook Page and offer some practical strategies for making your content calendar more flexible and effective.

Why Would You Need to Reschedule a Facebook Post?

While fixing a simple mistake is the most common reason for rescheduling, it's also a powerful strategic tool for any marketer or content creator. Thinking ahead can turn a reactive fix into a proactive strategy.

• Optimizing for Peak Engagement: Maybe you originally scheduled a post for a Tuesday morning, but your latest analytics show your audience is most active on Wednesday evenings. Rescheduling lets you adjust your timing to maximize reach and interaction.
• Responding to Current Events: A major news story can break at any moment. Your lighthearted meme or promotional post might suddenly feel inappropriate. Rescheduling gives you the ability to pause your regular content and pivot your strategy without losing the work you've already done.
• Filling Content Gaps: Let's say a planned piece of content falls through at the last minute. Instead of scrambling to create something new, you can look at your scheduled posts for the following week and simply move one up to fill the empty slot.
• Aligning with Campaign Updates: A product launch gets delayed or a campaign timeline shifts. Instead of deleting and re-uploading everything, you can simply reschedule an entire series of posts to align with the new dates.

Whatever your reason, knowing how to quickly adjust your content calendar keeps you in control and makes your social media management process much less stressful.

How to Reschedule a Post on Facebook: A Step-by-Step Guide

Facebook has centralized most of its content management tools into the Meta Business Suite. If you manage a Facebook Page for a business, brand, or creative endeavor, this is where you'll spend most of your time planning and organizing content. Here’s how to find and reschedule a post using the desktop version, which offers the clearest view.

Step 1: Navigate to Meta Business Suite

First things first, you need to get to the right place. You won't find these options on your personal News Feed.

1. Log into the Facebook account that has administrative access to your Page.
2. From your main feed, look for the menu on the left side of the screen. Find and click on your Page's name or look for a direct link to "Meta Business Suite."
3. Alternatively, you can go directly to business.facebook.com.

Once you are in the Business Suite, you’ll see an overview of your Page and any linked Instagram accounts.

Step 2: Go to the Content Tab or Planner

Meta gives you two excellent ways to view your scheduled content: the "Planner" (which is a calendar view) and the "Content" tab (which is a list view). Both work for rescheduling.

• For the Planner View (Calendar): On the left-hand navigation menu, click "Planner." This will show you a weekly or monthly calendar with all of your scheduled and published posts laid out visually. This is often the easiest way to see your entire content schedule at a glance.
• For the Content View (List): In the same left-hand menu, click "Content." This will show you a list of all your content. To find what you're looking for, click on the "Scheduled" filtered tab near the top of the screen.

Step 3: Locate and Select the Post to Reschedule

Now, find the post you want to change.

In the Planner view, simply navigate to the date the post is scheduled for and click on it. A preview of the post will pop up.

In the Content view, scroll through your list of scheduled posts until you find the one you need. You can use the search bar or filters if you have a lot of content scheduled.

Step 4: Click the "Three Dots" Menu and Choose "Reschedule"

This is where the action happens. Once you’ve selected the post, look for the menu icon, which looks like three horizontal dots (...).

In both the Planner and Content views, clicking these three dots will open a dropdown menu of options. Select "Reschedule Post."

Step 5: Pick a New Date and Time

A calendar and clock interface will pop up. This is where you set the new schedule for your post.

• Select your new desired date from the calendar.
• Enter the new time you want the post to go live. Be sure to double-check whether you have AM or PM selected correctly!

Business Suite often shows you "Active Times" – suggested time slots when a majority of your audience has been active on Facebook in the last week. This is a very useful feature for optimizing your posts for more visibility.

Step 6: Hit "Reschedule" to Confirm

Once you’re happy with the new date and time, click the blue "Reschedule" button. That's it! Your post will now go live at the newly selected time. If you go back to your Planner or Content tab, you'll see the post has moved to its new spot in your content calendar.

Rescheduling on Mobile vs. Desktop

While the process is very similar on the Meta Business Suite mobile app, the interface can feel a bit more cramped. Generally, the steps are the same: open the app, navigate to the "Content" or "Planner" section, find your post, tap the three-dot menu, and choose to reschedule. For managing a lot of content, the desktop view provides a better, widescreen experience, especially when using the Planner's calendar view.

Quick Tip: Editing a Scheduled Post vs. Rescheduling

What if you just made a typo or want to swap out an image, but the timing is still perfect? In that case, you don't need to reschedule - you just need to edit the post.

In the same three-dot menu where you find "Reschedule Post," you'll also see an option for "Edit Post."

Choosing this option will let you:

• Change the caption or post text.
• Add or remove hashtags.
• Swap out the photo or video.
• Tag people or other pages.

After making your changes, simply click "Save," and the post will keep its original scheduled time.

Best Practices for a Flexible Content Strategy

Rescheduling isn't just a panic button, it's a core part of agile social media management. Here’s how to work it into your regular workflow.

Schedule in Batches, Refine Later

Don't feel pressured to pick the perfect time for every single post weeks in advance. Many successful social media managers schedule a "batch" of posts for an upcoming week or month with placeholder times. Then, as the date gets closer, they go into their Planner and drag content around to optimize Send Times based on recent performance or to make room for more timely posts. This gives you the efficiency of batching content without the rigidity.

Keep an "Evergreen" Drafts Folder

Have a handful of high-quality, non-timely ("evergreen") posts saved as drafts in your Business Suite. These could be tutorials, frequently asked questions, testimonials, or brand-storytelling content. If you suddenly need to fill a content gap caused by rescheduling another post, you can quickly schedule one of these drafts without having to create something from scratch.

Review Your Planner Weekly

Make it a habit to check your content Planner every Monday morning. What's scheduled for the week ahead? Does the timing still make sense? Is there any breaking industry news you should address? This five-minute check-in can help you catch awkward post timings and make your content feel more relevant and thoughtful.

Final Thoughts

Rescheduling a post on Facebook is an essential skill for staying flexible and responsive in the fast-moving world of social media. By mastering the Planner inside Meta Business Suite, you can easily adapt your content calendar, fix errors, and optimize your posts for better engagement and impact.

While nailing your schedule on Facebook is great, managing content becomes much more complex when you add Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and X to the mix. It's why we focused on building an exceptionally clean and simple visual calendar in Postbase. Instead of clicking through lots of calendars, everything is in one sane view. Need to move next Thursday's Reel to Friday morning? Just drag-and-drop it, the schedule updates automatically, giving you a top-down view of your entire strategy without the headache.