Connect to Instagram to schedule posts

Scheduling posts with the Content Planner is only available to Canva Pro, Canva Teams, and Canva for Nonprofits users. But everyone can share designs on Instagram from the Canva editor.

To schedule designs to post on Instagram, you need an Instagram Business account – not an Instagram Creator account – that's linked to a Facebook page as required by Instagram. Learn more here.

Convert your personal profile to a Business account from your Instagram account settings, or set up a new Instagram Business account from scratch. Learn more about getting started with Instagram Business.

A Business account isn't the same as a Creator account. To successfully schedule posts, get or switch to a Business account.

This isn’t necessary to set up an Instagram Business account, but it’s required to schedule posts on Instagram with Canva. Skipping linking to a Facebook page will cause errors.

Learn how to link a Facebook page to your business account.

Don’t have a Facebook page? No problem. Set one up by following the instructions here.

Once your Instagram Business account is set up, you can now schedule posts. See Schedule posts on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and more to learn how.

• You can schedule up to 25 posts in a rolling 24-hour period.
• You can use a maximum of 20 hashtags in your scheduled caption.
• Only Instagram Business accounts associated with your currently linked Facebook account will be available – and you can only have one Facebook account linked to Canva at any one time.
• Instagram Creator accounts are not supported at this time.
• Multiple Facebook accounts with associated Instagram Business accounts are not yet supported.

For now, Instagram doesn’t allow scheduling Stories and Reels. But you can still share Stories and Reels using the Canva mobile apps if you also have Instagram installed on the same device.

No. Currently, they’re not supported by Instagram. You can only schedule single video or image posts.

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