To edit a scheduled Facebook post, change it where it is waiting. In SkedCast, open the post and edit the text, photos, video or time, or cancel it, any time before it publishes. In Meta Business Suite, open the planner, choose the post’s menu and pick Edit, Reschedule or Delete. Once live, edit or delete it on your Page.
Key takeaways
- Change a scheduled Facebook post where it is waiting: in your scheduler, or in Meta Business Suite if Facebook is holding it.
- In SkedCast every part stays editable until the post publishes: text, photos, video, Reel, first comment and time.
- If you let Facebook hold the post, SkedCast can still move or cancel it; text and media are changed in Meta Business Suite, or by scheduling again.
- Meta’s API takes a scheduled publish time between 10 minutes and 30 days ahead; a scheduler that holds the post itself can plan further out.
- After it is live, edit or delete the post on your Page as the Page; a deleted post cannot be brought back.
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Can you edit a scheduled post on Facebook?
Yes, until it publishes. Where you make the change depends on who is holding the post. A post scheduled in Meta Business Suite, or handed to Facebook’s own scheduler by a tool, waits on Facebook; a post scheduled in a tool that holds it itself, as SkedCast does by default, waits in that tool until the publish time. What you can change in each case:
| Change | Held by SkedCast (default) | Held by Facebook | Already live |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Yes | In Meta Business Suite | Edit on the Page |
| Photos, video or Reel | Yes | Cancel and schedule again | Delete and post again |
| First comment | Yes | Not applicable | Comment on the Page |
| Time | Yes, or drag on the calendar | Yes, from SkedCast or Meta Business Suite | No |
| Cancel or delete | Yes, cancel | Yes, from SkedCast or Meta Business Suite | Delete on the Page |
How do you edit or delete a scheduled Facebook post in SkedCast?
Open the post from Posts or the content calendar any time before it publishes. By default SkedCast holds a Facebook post and sends it to your Page at the set time, so every part stays editable: the text, up to 10 photos or a video, a Reel, the first comment and the time. Drag it on the calendar to reschedule, or cancel it to take it out of the queue. With approvals on, an edited post goes back for review first.
If you chose to let Facebook schedule the post, Facebook is holding it. SkedCast can still move it to a new time, changing it on Facebook first, or cancel it, which deletes it from Facebook’s schedule. To change the text or media of a post Facebook is holding, edit it in Meta Business Suite, or cancel it and schedule the corrected version.
How do you edit a scheduled post in Meta Business Suite?
For posts Facebook is holding, from Meta Business Suite on a computer or in its app:
Open the planner
Go to Meta Business Suite and open the Planner, or the scheduled posts list under Content.
Find the post
Select the scheduled post on its day.
Choose the change
Open the post’s menu and pick Edit to change the text, Reschedule to move the time, or Delete to remove it.
Save
Save your changes; a deleted scheduled post is removed from the queue for good.
How far ahead can you schedule a Facebook post?
Meta’s Pages API says a scheduled post’s publish date must be between 10 minutes and 30 days from the moment it is scheduled, and Facebook’s own tools work within that window. A scheduler that holds the post itself is not bound by it: SkedCast can plan a Facebook post up to 12 months ahead and publish it at the set time. For timing, see the best times to post on Facebook.
Can you edit a Facebook post after it is published?
Yes, on Facebook. Switch into your Page, open the post’s menu and choose Edit post to change the text; posts can show an edit history. To change the photos or video, delete the post and publish a corrected one. Meta’s API lets an app update only the Page posts that app made, so a live post is most reliably fixed on the Page itself.
How do you delete a Facebook post, and can you get it back?
On your Page, open the post’s menu, choose Delete post and confirm. The post disappears from the Page and from people’s feeds, and its likes, comments and shares go with it. To correct a live post, delete it, fix it in SkedCast and publish it again. For the same steps on other networks, see how to edit or delete a scheduled Instagram post and the X version.
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FAQ
- Can I edit a scheduled post on Facebook?
- Yes, before it publishes: in SkedCast if SkedCast is holding it, or in Meta Business Suite’s planner if Facebook is holding it.
- How do I delete a scheduled Facebook post?
- In SkedCast, cancel the post. In Meta Business Suite, open the planner, choose the post’s menu and pick Delete.
- Can I change the time of a scheduled Facebook post?
- Yes. In SkedCast, pick a new time or drag the post on the calendar; in Meta Business Suite, choose Reschedule.
- Can I edit a Facebook post after it is published?
- Yes, on Facebook: switch into your Page, open the post’s menu and choose Edit post. To change the photos or video, delete it and post again.
- How far ahead can I schedule a Facebook post?
- Meta’s API takes a publish time 10 minutes to 30 days ahead. SkedCast holds posts itself and can plan up to 12 months ahead.
- Where do I find my scheduled Facebook posts?
- Posts Facebook is holding are in Meta Business Suite’s planner. Posts SkedCast is holding are on its calendar and in Posts.