To post on TikTok from a computer, open TikTok Studio at tiktok.com, click Upload, choose a video or photos, write the caption, set who can view it, then post or use Schedule video. To schedule TikTok with your other channels or for several accounts, use SkedCast.
Key takeaways
- TikTok's real caption limit is 2,200 characters.
- TikTok’s publishing API has no scheduled-publish field, so SkedCast’s own engine holds the post and publishes it on time.
- The manual, native way to post is below, alongside exactly what SkedCast automates on top of it.
How to post on TikTok manually
The native, no-scheduler way to post on TikTok, step by step:
- Open TikTok Studio (tiktok.com/tiktokstudio) in a desktop browser and sign in.
- Click Upload and choose a video file, or Upload → Photo mode for a photo carousel (1–35 images).
- Write a caption (up to 2,200 characters) and choose who can view the post.
- Use TikTok Studio’s own "Schedule video" option to set a future publish time, or post immediately.
How to schedule it automatically with SkedCast
The TikTok scheduler puts TikTok on the same content calendar as your other channels, and bulk scheduling fills it from one spreadsheet. What SkedCast adds on top of the manual flow above:
- SkedCast schedules the same video or photo-carousel post through TikTok’s Content Posting API, with its own scheduling engine (TikTok’s API has no native scheduling of its own, separate from TikTok Studio’s in-app feature).
- You choose who can view each post (public, followers or only you), as TikTok’s guidelines require, and TikTok caps each creator account at about 15 posts a day through the API.
- A post is either one video or a photo carousel (1–35 images) — never both — matching TikTok’s own post types.
- Bulk-schedule a batch of TikTok posts across accounts in one pass instead of uploading one at a time in TikTok Studio.
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FAQ
- Can TikTok posts scheduled through SkedCast be public?
- Yes. You pick who can view each post (public, followers or only you) when you schedule it, as TikTok’s Content Sharing Guidelines require, and it publishes with that setting.
- Can I upload to TikTok from a computer without an app?
- Yes — TikTok Studio at tiktok.com supports uploading a video or photo post from a desktop browser, including TikTok’s own basic native scheduling.
- What is the character limit for a TikTok post?
- 2,200 characters. SkedCast’s composer counts the way TikTok does and warns before you schedule a post that is too long.
- Can you schedule TikTok posts in advance with SkedCast?
- Yes. SkedCast holds the post and publishes it at the time you set, because TikTok’s publishing API has no scheduled-publish field. You plan from one calendar with your other channels.
- Can you post to several TikTok accounts at once?
- Yes. Write the post once in SkedCast, pick every TikTok account it should go to, and SkedCast publishes to each, spacing the posts out per account so they do not all land in the same minute.