How to schedule TikTok posts

How to schedule TikTok posts in your browser

You need your TikTok login and the video ready to upload. Open TikTok Studio and follow the browser steps below.

1. Open TikTok Studio and check the account

   Log in at tiktok.com/tiktokstudio in a browser. Confirm the handle before choosing Upload, especially if you manage more than one account.

2. Upload and review the finished video

   Add the caption and cover. Watch the preview, choose who can watch, and review comments and reuse settings. Complete any content disclosures that apply to your video.

3. Choose the schedule and verify the time zone

   Use the scheduling control, then choose the date and time available to your account. TikTok’s older browser walkthrough describes a Schedule toggle and a computer-time-zone default. Check the zone shown in your own screen before confirming.

4. Confirm, then check the scheduled post

   Select Schedule and check that the saved post has the intended account and time. After that time, check the post itself; a saved schedule is not a live post.

If Schedule is missing, check Studio in a browser. TikTok says creator tools are available to Personal and Business Accounts, but individual features vary by region, eligibility and app or web experience. That is not a guarantee that every account has every scheduling control. TikTok’s current Studio help.

Procedure source: TikTok’s older Video Scheduler walkthrough, not a test publish from your account. Use the available dates and controls in your current screen.

Use a scheduling tool or dashboard

For a tool with a post composer, connect the intended TikTok account, add the finished video and caption, review its audience, then set the date and time. Check whether you chose automatic publishing or a reminder that needs you to finish in TikTok. Saving either one does not prove the post is live.

In Postdom: manage a post already in the queue

Postdom’s Schedule dashboard manages existing posts. It is not an upload composer. For a new video, use the agent path below first. Once that post exists:

1. Find the existing post

   In Postdom, open Schedule and use the Account filter to find the TikTok destination. Open the post to check its video, caption and status. An empty queue means there is no existing post to schedule here; submit it through your connected agent first.

2. Enter the new time in UTC

   For a draft, missed approval, missed schedule or scheduled post, enter New publish time · UTC and select Reschedule. Convert your intended local time first. The dashboard displays and accepts UTC, not your browser’s local time.

3. Read the result and resolve any review

   Check the resulting status and time. A post in Upcoming can still require approval: open Review and have a human review it. Scheduled means it is waiting for handoff; it does not mean TikTok has published it.

4. Change course deliberately

   For a scheduled post, Cancel schedule returns it to a draft. Publish now is available for drafts and missed items; use it only when you intend an immediate handoff. Open the run afterward to check the outcome.

Want to review every agent post? Set the selected account to L1 Post review before submission. Do not assume that is its default. Other account modes can allow a human-approved plan or publishing within saved policy. Read how account authority works.

Check the time before you save it

TikTok’s documented browser default and Postdom’s UTC entry are different. For example, an illustrative local time of 18:30 at UTC+10:00 is 08:30 UTC on the same day. A time near midnight can land on the previous or next UTC date.

Schedule a supplied video with an API or agent

Use this path when your agent or application already prepares the publishing request. Postdom publishes finished videos you supply to TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn, Facebook Reels, X, Snapchat Spotlight, Threads and Bluesky; it does not generate the video. This example selects TikTok only.

1. Connect the right TikTok account

   Configure your Postdom connection with a workspace agent key, kept out of chat. Have the agent read workspace status, list accounts and read your brief. Select the returned TikTok providerAccountId; do not substitute a handle or an internal account ID. Stop if the workspace is paused, the connection is locked or the account is disconnected.

2. Preview and authorize the exact request

   Supply the finished video at an accepted video URL, or use an already-stored media handle. Review the video, caption, account, audience and disclosures yourself. Give express consent only when they are correct. The private, AI-disclosed defaults below must fit your video; otherwise stop and use a path that exposes the settings you need.

3. Send the intended time, then keep the post ID

   Ask the agent to submit publish_video with a future publish_at in UTC ending in Z, the selected account and a stable idempotency key. Check the returned id, status and scheduled_for. A timestamp requests a schedule; it does not grant approval or prove publication.

4. Check the same post through to its outcome

   Use get_publish with the returned ID. If review is required, stop for a human. For scheduled or publishing, check again later within an agreed waiting budget. Report the actual destination result; do not silently retry a failed post or treat a partial result as complete.

Use my configured Postdom connection; never print credentials.
Read get_workspace_status, list_accounts and get_brief. Stop if paused, locked, disconnected or policy is unclear.
Use only my selected TikTok providerAccountId and finished video. Do not generate or upload a replacement video.
Show me the video, caption, UTC time and every default: privacy_level SELF_ONLY; video_made_with_ai true; allow_comment, allow_duet and allow_stitch false; content_preview_confirmed and express_consent_given true.
Require my actual preview and express consent. Stop if confirmation is absent, the AI disclosure is wrong, or I need a different audience or unsupported commercial disclosure. Tool permission is not consent. Do not claim these flags prove preview happened.
Respect the account policy. If I want per-post review, I will set L1 Post review first; do not change it yourself or assume it is the default. If a plan is required, wait for a human-approved plan and stay inside it.
After I authorize this submission, call publish_video once with my exact account, accepted video URL or stored media handle, caption, future publish_at ending in Z, and stable idempotency_key. Include plan_id only when authorized plan-backed work requires it.
Return id, status and scheduled_for. If requires_approval, stop for human review. Submission is not post approval.
Use get_publish for the same ID later, with bounded backoff. Hand me the ID if our waiting budget expires. Preserve errors and every destination result. Never resubmit, approve yourself or widen the audience without my direction.

{
  "account_ids": [
    "REPLACE_WITH_TIKTOK_PROVIDER_ACCOUNT_ID"
  ],
  "video_url": "https://media.example.test/reviewed-video.mp4",
  "caption": "A look at the finished video",
  "publish_at": "2050-01-15T08:30:00.000Z",
  "intent": "Submit the reviewed video for the selected TikTok account at the confirmed UTC time",
  "idempotency_key": "REPLACE_WITH_A_STABLE_KEY_FOR_THIS_REQUEST"
}

For the TikTok video Direct Post API, post_info.title is documented at 2,200 UTF-16 runes. That is not a verified native Studio caption limit or proof that Postdom checks the same count. Check your caption for this publishing path. Official field reference; field evidence checked 2026-08-31.

If the post does not appear

Find the original scheduled post before trying again. The next action depends on whether it is waiting, blocked, failed or already published with a private audience.

Common scheduling questions