Upload a video on desktop, turn on the Schedule toggle, pick a time and TikTok publishes it for you.
1. Log in on a computer and click Upload
2. Upload your video
3. Turn on Schedule and pick the time
4. Click Schedule
TikTok accepts a time at least 15 minutes and at most 10 days ahead. Anything further needs a tool.
The time defaults to your computer's setting. A laptop set to another city posts at that city's hour.
Scheduling doesn't work on TikTok in a phone browser. Use the separate TikTok Studio app, which added post scheduling in January 2025.
TikTok's help note limits desktop scheduling to Business accounts or accounts with 10,000 or more followers.
On desktop a scheduled post can be deleted but not edited. To change it, delete it and schedule it again.
The Content Posting API has no publish-at field. TikTok starts processing the post as soon as the call succeeds.
Direct Post is typically capped around 15 posts per creator per day, shared across every app posting to that account.
The guide compares native, tools and API side by side, shows the Direct Post request and ends with a checklist for a week of TikToks.
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