How to Post Links on Facebook

This wikiHow teaches you how to post links to Internet content on your Facebook page. Most pages have their own button for sharing to Facebook; If the content doesn’t come with a Facebook share button, just copy the link and paste it into Facebook.

Table of Contents

Share link

On the phone

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/3/3f/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-1-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-1-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/3/3f/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-1- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-1-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Access the content you want to share. Open a web browser or entertainment app on your phone and navigate to the page, video, image, or other content you want to post to Facebook.

You can share content from many apps like YouTube and Pinterest.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/f/f7/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-2-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-2-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/f/f7/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-2- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-2-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Find the “Facebook” button. Most pages with a Facebook share button will display a Facebook icon somewhere near the content (like a video).

In some cases, you may need to tap the Share button first for the Facebook option to appear.
If you don’t see the share button, proceed with the “copy link” method.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/4/45/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-3-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-3-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/4/45/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-3- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-3-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Click the “Facebook” button. On some pages, this button usually has a white “f” on a blue background. A Facebook window will open on your phone.

If you’re asked to log into Facebook, tap the Facebook App option, which usually shows up on a mobile browser.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/5/56/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-4-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-4-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/5/56/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-4- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-4-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Click Post in the upper-right corner of the window. The link will be posted to the Facebook Timeline.

You can also add text by tapping the “Say something about this” field and entering text for the post.

On the computer

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/7/78/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-5-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-5-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/7/78/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-5- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-5-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Access the content you want to share. Open your frequently used browser and find the page, video, image, or other content you want to share to Facebook.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/4/4e/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-6-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-6-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/4/4e/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-6- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-6-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Find the “Facebook” button. The Facebook share button with a white “f” on a blue background is usually located near the content you want to share.

In some cases (such as YouTube), you’ll need to click the Share button to bring up the Facebook button.
If you don’t see the share button, proceed with the “copy link” method.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/9/98/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-7-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-7-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/9/98/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-7- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-7-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Click the “Facebook” button. Facebook will open in a new window.

If you’re not logged into Facebook, you’ll need to enter your email address and password before continuing.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/6/62/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-8-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-8-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/6/62/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-8- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-8-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Click the Post to Facebook option in the lower right corner of the Facebook window.

You can also add text by tapping the “Say something about this” field and then entering text for the post.

Copy link

On the phone

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/d/d6/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-9-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-9-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/d/d6/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-9- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-9-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Go to the content you want to link to. Open a mobile browser and navigate to the image, video, page or other content you want to share.

Most apps that support copying links have a Facebook sharing option.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/a/a8/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-10-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-10-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/a/a8/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-10- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-10-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Select the URL of the page. Tap the address bar at the top of the browser screen to select the URL.

Some apps also have a Share option, which you can tap to open the Copy link task.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/6/67/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-11-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-11-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/6/67/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-11- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-11-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Copy the URL. Click the selected URL and then select Copy from the drop-down menu that appears. The URL will be copied to your phone’s cache, then you can open Facebook and post.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/2/20/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-12-Version-6.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-12-Version-6.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/2/20/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-12- Version-6.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-12-Version-6.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Close the browser and open Facebook. The app is blue with a white “f” above it. If you are logged in, the new News Feed page will appear.

If you are not logged in, enter your email address (or phone number) and password to continue.

On the computer

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/7/78/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-17-Version-3.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-17-Version-3.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/7/78/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-17- Version-3.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-17-Version-3.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Access the content you want to share. Open your frequently used browser and find the page, video, image, or other content you want to share.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/a/a3/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-18-Version-3.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-18-Version-3.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/a/a3/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-18- Version-3.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-18-Version-3.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Copy the URL of the content. Click your browser’s address bar to highlight the URL, then press Ctrl + C (Windows) or ⌘ Command + C (Mac).

You can also right-click the highlighted URL and select Copy .
On Mac, you can click the Edit menu and then choose Copy from the drop-down menu.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/7/7c/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-19-Version-3.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-19-Version-3.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/7/7c/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-19- Version-3.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-19-Version-3.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Open Facebook. Go to https://www.facebook.com/ using a web browser. The News Feed page will appear if you are already logged in.

If you are not logged in, enter your email address (or phone number) and password in the top right of the page to continue.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/f/f7/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-20-Version-3.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-20-Version-3.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/f/f7/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-20- Version-3.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-20-Version-3.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Click on the “What’s on your mind?” field. at the top of the News Feed page.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/4/43/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-21-Version-3.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-21-Version-3.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/4/43/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-21- Version-3.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-21-Version-3.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Paste the link. Press Ctrl + V (Windows) or ⌘ Command + V (Mac), or you right-click in the “What’s on your mind?” field. and select Paste from the drop-down menu. The link will appear in the post’s data field, and a preview of the content will also appear below the link.

On Mac, you can click the Edit menu and then choose Paste from the drop-down menu.

{“smallUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/thumb/a/af/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-22-Version-3.jpg/v4-460px-Post-Links- on-Facebook-Step-22-Version-3.jpg”,”bigUrl”:”https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/a/af/Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-22- Version-3.jpg/v4-728px-Post-Links-on-Facebook-Step-22-Version-3.jpg”,”smallWidth”:460,”smallHeight”:345,”bigWidth”:728,”bigHeight” :546,”licensing”:”<div class=”mw-parser-output”></div>”}

Click Post in the lower-right corner of the Facebook post window. The link will be posted to your Facebook Timeline.

After the preview of the content appears below the post window, you can remove the link to make the post more concise.

Advice

Posts that are less distracting (such as content without anchor text) are more likely to be visited.

Warning

You need to be careful when posting content that isn’t yours. It’s okay if you link to someone else’s video or post; but uploading a copy of that content without a link to the owner is not welcome.
You need to make sure that the added link doesn’t violate Facebook’s terms of use.

Steps

Share link

On the phone

On the computer

Copy link

On the phone

On the computer

Advice

Warning

Related Posts