How To Repost On Facebook

This Itechguide teaches you how to repost on Facebook. The guide offers steps to repost on Facebook from the Facebook Mobile App or from a PC.

You cannot repost posts on your own timeline. However, you can repost Facebook posts on a Friend’s timeline or a Facebook page.

Option 1: Repost Through a PC

• Open Facebook.com from your PC and login with your Facebook account.
• Then locate the post you want to repost or share – you can repost on another person’s timeline. You could also repost on a Facebook page.
• Scroll down beneath the post. On the right side of the post, beside Comment button, click Share.

This example demos how to repost a post from a friend’s timeline. If you want to repost from a Facebook page, see the steps below.

• When you click Share, you will be presented with share options. To proceed, select an option. If you want to modify the share settings, from the options click Share.

• The post will display in a pop up window – allowing you to modify where it is shared, and whether it will be shared to Public, your friends, etc. After modifying the post share details, click Post.

• To repost on Facebook from a Facebook page, open the page and locate the post you want to repost. Scroll down beneath the post and click Share.

• Then from the list of Share options, select one. If you want to repost to your timeline, click Share.

• On the top left of Post pop up, click the drop-down and select where you want to repost the post. In this example, I want to repost to my timeline. Then, beneath the post, select who will see your post – default will depend on your Privacy setting. When you finish, click Post.

Option 2: Repost via the App

If you use Facebook App, here are steps to repost an existing post…

• Open the Facebook App on your phone.

• Then locate the post you want to repost.

You can repost a post from another person’s timeline. Or a post from a Facebook page. You CANNOT repost a post from your personal timeline.

• Scroll beneath the post and tab Share.

• To repost the post without making any modifications, click SHARE NOW.

• Alternatively, you could modify the post before reposting it. As an example, you can click the Facebook drop-down for more share options – see the second image below.

• You could also determine who sees the post by clicking the Public drop-down. Here are the options available…

Depending on your Privacy Settings, you may have Friends where I have Public in the previous image.

Whatever you want to repost on Facebook – post from another person’s timeline or from a Facebook page, I hope you found the guide helpful.

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