How to Post to Facebook

This article will show you how to publish a post to Facebook using both the mobile app and the Facebook page on a desktop browser. The posts you’ll post can include text, images, videos, and location information. You can post articles to your profile, your friends’ profiles or groups you’re a member of.

Table of Contents

Posting on mobile devices

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Open Facebook. The Facebook app’s icon is a white “f” on a dark blue background. The screen will show the News Feed page if you are logged in to Facebook.

If you’re not logged in, enter your email address (or phone number) and password, then tap the Log in button.

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Go to the page where you want to post. The operations will vary depending on where you want to post:

Your profile – You can post to your profile from the post creation box at the top of the News Feed page.
Friend Profiles – You’ll tap the search box at the top of the screen, enter your friend’s name, tap their name, and tap their profile icon.
A group – You’ll tap the ☰ icon, select Groups , tap the Groups tab, and tap the group you want to post to.

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Tap the create post box. This box is located at the top of the News Feed page. If you’re posting to a friend’s profile, this box is located under the photo section near the top of the page, or below the cover photo if you’re posting to a group.

In the post creation box, there will often be phrases like “Write something” or “What’s on your mind?” (What are you thinking?).

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Post a photo or video. Tap the Photo/Video item near the center of the post creation window, then select a photo or video you want to post and tap Done . This will add a photo or video to your post.

You can tap multiple photos or videos to post them at once.
Skip this step if you want to publish a text-only post.

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Add text to the post. You will touch the text input area and enter the text content.

You can also select a colored circle in the center of the screen to add a background color to the post. You can only add background color for posts with 130 or less characters.

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Tap Add to your post in the middle of the screen. This will bring up the following options:

Photo/Video (Photo.Video) – Add a photo or video.
Check In – Allows you to add an address or location to the post.
Feeling/Activity/Sticker – Allows you to add an emotion, activity or sticker.
Tag People – Allows you to add a person to a post. This will also show the post on the tagged person’s timeline.

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Select an option to add more content to the post. This is completely optional, if you don’t want to add anything then skip to the next step.

Post on the computer

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Open Facebook. You will access the page https://www.facebook.com/. If you are logged in to Facebook, the screen will display the News Feed page.

If you’re not logged in, enter your email address (or phone number) and password in the upper-right corner of the page to continue.

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Go to the page where you want to post. The operations will vary depending on where you want to post:

Your profile – You can post to your profile from the post creation box at the top of the News Feed page.
Friend Profiles – You’ll click the search box at the top of the screen, enter your friend’s name, click their name, and click their profile icon.
A group – You’ll click Groups on the left side of the screen, click the Groups tab, and click the group you want to post to.

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Click the create post box. This box is located at the top of the News Feed page. If you post to a friend’s profile, this box is below their cover photo.

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Add text to the post. You will type the text content into the post creation box. You can also add a background color by clicking on one of the color boxes below the post creation box.

You can only add a background color for posts that are less than 130 or less than 130 characters.

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Add more content to the post. If you want to add more content, click one of the options below the post creation box:

Photo/Video – Allows you to select a photo or video from your computer.
Tag Friends- Allows you to choose to tag one or more friends. Your posts will also show up on their profile.
Check in – Allows you to add an address or location to the post..
Feeling/Activity – Allows you to add an emotion or activity to a post..

Advice

When you post to a group from the Facebook page, you can click the More option in the upper-right corner of the post creation box to see more options, such as adding a file or creating a document.
You can get some incentives from businesses when checking in. For example, some restaurants will offer promotional drinks when you check in with their official Facebook page.

Warning

Do not post posts that harass or offend others.

Steps

Posting on mobile devices

Post on the computer

Advice

Warning

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