How to schedule Pinterest Pins (on Pinterest or with a scheduler)

Pinterest has its own scheduler, so you don't need an outside tool to publish a Pin at a set time. This guide shows the steps on a computer and in the app, the limits to know about, and when a scheduling app is the easier choice. Everything here was checked against Pinterest's help center in November 2026.

What you need first: a business account

Pinterest's scheduling help page says scheduling is for business accounts. A Pinterest business account is free, and you can convert a personal account in a few minutes:

1. On pinterest.com, open Settings, then Account management.
2. Find Convert to a business account and click Convert account, then confirm.
3. Fill in your profile and a few questions about your business.

Your Pins and followers stay the same, and Pinterest says you can switch back to a personal account at any time. A private account has to be made public first.

How to schedule a Pin on a computer

1. Sign in to your business account on pinterest.com.
2. Open the menu and choose Create Pin.
3. Upload an image or video. You can upload up to 10 images at once, and each becomes its own Pin.
4. Add the title, description, link and board.
5. Choose Publish at a later date and pick the day and time.
6. Finish creating the Pin.

How to schedule a Pin in the Pinterest app

1. Sign in to your business account in the app.
2. Tap the plus icon at the bottom, then tap Pin.
3. Choose an image or video, or take a new one with the camera. If you pick more than one, Pinterest stitches them into a single video Pin.
4. Tap Next, edit the video if you need to, and add your Pin details.
5. Next to the schedule date, tap the arrow or pencil icon, pick the date and time, and tap Done.
6. Tap Schedule, check the date and time, and tap Schedule again.

Where scheduled Pins go, and how to change them

Scheduled Pins show on your profile, above your published Pins. Pinterest says they can take a few minutes to appear there.

Before a Pin goes out, you can change its publish date, title, board, description and link. You can't swap the image or video: for that, delete the scheduled Pin and make a new one. To delete it, open your profile, click the three-dot icon on the scheduled Pin and choose Delete.

Pinterest's scheduling limits

Ten waiting Pins is enough for a couple of Pins a week. It runs out quickly if you plan a month at a time, or post every day.

When a scheduler app helps

Pinterest's own scheduler is enough if you schedule a few Pins at a time and only post on Pinterest. A scheduling app that covers several networks helps when:

• You want more than 10 Pins planned ahead, or Pins further out than 30 days.
• You post the same photo or video on Pinterest and other networks, and want to write it once.
• You want to see every network's posts for the week or month in one calendar.
• You post for a few brands or clients and want each one's accounts kept apart.

Say you sell handmade candles and launch a new scent every month. On Pinterest it's a tall photo Pin linking to the product page, on Instagram it's a carousel, and on Facebook it's a short post. In a scheduler you add the photos once, give each network its own version, and schedule the whole launch in one sitting. For the step by step on sending one post everywhere, see how to post to all your social media at once.

How to schedule Pinterest Pins in Unisenda

Unisenda is the scheduler we make. It connects to Pinterest through Pinterest's own sign-in screen, so it never sees your password, and nothing is posted when you connect.

1. Open Connections, find Pinterest, tick the terms and privacy box, and choose Connect Pinterest.
2. Approve access on Pinterest's own screen.
3. Back in Unisenda, your Pinterest account is already ticked, so choose Connect 1 account.
4. Click Create post, select your Pinterest account and add one image or one video. Each Pin holds one image or one video.
5. Open the Pinterest tab and choose the board. Add a title, description (the counter shows when you pass 800 characters), the link people reach when they click, and alt text. For a video, choose Cover to pick a frame or upload an image.
6. Click Schedule for, choose a date and time in your time zone, then click Schedule.

The Pin then shows in your Calendar. Drag it to another day or hour, or open it to edit it; it stays scheduled. At the set time it goes out from Unisenda's servers, so your computer can be off, and you see the result with a link to the live Pin. If you delete a published Pin from Unisenda, it's deleted on Pinterest for you.

Unisenda posts image and video Pins only, so no Pinterest carousels. Photos are sent as a JPEG under Pinterest's 20 MB limit, and phone videos in MOV or HEVC get an H.264 MP4 copy automatically, with your original kept in your library. For the best Pin shapes and text limits, see our Pinterest Pin size guide.

You can try the composer with sample accounts in the demo, where nothing is ever published, and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

Tips for scheduled Pins

• Make it tall. Pinterest recommends 2:3, or 1,000 × 1,500 pixels, for image Pins, and says taller Pins might get cut off in feeds.
• Put the key words first in the title. Titles can be up to 100 characters, but Pinterest's Pin specs say only about the first 40 may show in feeds.
• Write a description anyway. It isn't shown in the home or search feed, but Pinterest says its algorithm uses it to judge who should see the Pin.
• Link straight to the page. Pinterest doesn't allow some redirects and link shorteners, so use the full address of the product or post.
• Plan in batches. Pinning steadily is easier when you prepare a month's Pins in one afternoon. Our content calendar guide shows how.