How to find your saved drafts on Facebook

It’s happened to almost everyone who uses Facebook at one time or another: You start a post and suddenly must attend to more pressing matters. It would be helpful to continue where you left off later, especially if you’ve already done a lot of thumb-typing. Fortunately, the Facebook app will hold on to your drafts — your unpublished posts — for a few days. The feature is slightly different on the web than on the app, so we’ve covered both in this brief guide to finding your saved drafts on Facebook.

How to find saved drafts on the Facebook website

Personal posts cannot be saved as drafts on the Facebook website. If you close the window on a post before publishing, it will stay in your posting window until you return to it. If you try to go to any other page or use another Facebook feature, you will be asked whether you want to continue editing or discard the draft post.

Now, click on Content and select Posts & reels on the left of the column. Here, you will see the tabs for published posts, complete posts scheduled to be posted later, and incomplete posts saved as drafts.

You will also see the Create Post button in the upper-right corner of this page. Click on it.

As soon as you add any text, images, or video, you can publish it immediately or schedule it for later. To do the latter, select Finish later.

You will be taken to the Posts & Stories page, where your draft is under the Drafts tab. When you are ready, it will be ready to complete.

How to find saved drafts on the Facebook app

On an Android device

The Android version of the Facebook app is the only place where you can save multiple drafts for your timeline. This feature is unusual because the only way to access your list of saved drafts is through the notification you receive when you save one.

1. Launch the Facebook app.
2. Create a timeline post without publishing it.
3. Press the Back arrow in the upper-left corner.
4. Select Save as draft.
5. A notification telling you the draft has been saved will appear on your phone. When ready to finish your post, tap on said notification.
6. You will see a list of all your recent saved drafts. Facebook saves a draft for precisely three days. Keep this in mind if you intend to complete the post.
7. Tap on the three-dot menu to the right of the draft.
8. This will allow you to Discard draft or Open draft.
9. If you opened the draft, you can now continue elaborating it and hit Post when ready.

On an iPhone or iPad

The process is actually simpler on your iPhone, but there is a significant downside with the iOS Facebook app. You can only store one draft at a time.

1. Launch the Facebook app.
2. Create a timeline post without publishing it.
3. Press the X icon in the upper-left corner.
4. Select Save as draft.
5. Tpa on the What’s on your mind? area to create a post.
6. Your draft will show up. Continue editing it and hit Post when ready.

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