How to schedule tweets on X (Twitter)

How to schedule a tweet on x.com, step by step

X's own scheduler sits in the post window on x.com. These are the steps, as Plainrival's guide lists them:

1. On x.com, click Post in the left sidebar, or use the post box at the top of your home feed.
2. Write the post and add any images, a GIF or a video.
3. Click the schedule icon, a calendar with a clock, in the row of icons under the text.
4. Pick a date and a time, then click Confirm.
5. The Post button now says Schedule. Click it.

According to Plainrival, you don't need X Premium to schedule from the web, and X schedules in your own time zone. Convert the time first when you post for readers somewhere else.

What X's scheduler can't schedule

• Threads. According to Plainrival, the scheduler handles one post at a time, so it can't schedule a thread.
• Longer posts. A longer post goes beyond the typical 280 character limit and needs an X subscription to create. X's Help Center says: “Currently you cannot save a draft or schedule a longer post on web.”

Schedule tweets from your phone

According to Plainrival, scheduling was slower to arrive in the X apps, and in September 2026 X started rolling it out to everyone on iPhone. If the app's post window shows the same calendar icon, the steps are the same as on the web.

If it doesn't, open x.com in a browser and use the steps above.

Find, edit or delete a scheduled tweet

A scheduled post doesn't appear on your profile until it goes out, Plainrival notes. To see the queue on the web:

1. Click Post to open the post window.
2. Click Drafts at the top right of the window. Depending on your version of X, it may say Unsent posts.
3. Open the Scheduled tab.

The shortcut: click the schedule icon, then Scheduled posts at the bottom left of the date picker. In the Scheduled tab, according to Plainrival:

• To change the time, open the post, click the schedule icon, pick the new time, click Confirm, then save the post again.
• To delete it, click Edit above the list, tick the post, click Delete, then Delete again to confirm.

A deleted scheduled post is gone for good, so copy its text first if you might want it later.

Pick the slot before you schedule

The scheduler sends a post at the time you pick; it doesn't choose the time for you. To find your hours, run the small timing test in our guide to the best time to post on Twitter: compare a few slots in your audience's time zone and build the schedule from results that repeat.

Looking for an old post rather than a new one? Our guide to finding tweets by date covers X's Advanced Search dates. Browse the X guides for other small-account routines.

Where Bangerkit fits

If you need one post at a set time, X's own scheduler is free and enough.

We make Bangerkit, an X audience growth and analytics tool. On its paid plans it helps draft and schedule posts with AI. Its X analytics shows which posts perform well and when to post, so you can see whether a scheduled slot worked, and its reply inbox collects replies and mentions in one inbox with AI reply drafts, for when you come back to a post that went out on schedule.

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