# Save a post as a draft and finish it later

Keep a post you are still working on, find it under Drafts, and schedule it when it is ready.

3 min read. Updated 16 Oct 2026. All plans.

Walkthrough video (no sound): https://bucket.sociorolla.com/help/drafts/dde7014d74222008.mp4

## Before you start

- [Create and schedule your first post](https://sociorolla.com/help/getting-started/first-post)

## Steps

1. Click **New post**, pick the platforms and add the media, as for any post.

   ![Step 1: Start a post as usual.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/vy53y317/production/c0a8cfc49fb7e402c8dfe5a877204ae2de5e7946-2880x1800.png?w=1600&sharp=25&q=90&auto=format)

2. Write as much of the caption as you have, then click **Save draft** at the top of the composer. You can leave the post at any step.

   ![Step 2: Click Save draft to keep it for later.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/vy53y317/production/c33fd28c66246ce463eedb70dad9ea4d29226f10-2880x1800.png?w=1600&sharp=25&q=90&auto=format)

3. Your drafts are in **Posts**, on the **Drafts** tab. A draft with no date sits at the end of the list, and drafts don't show on the calendar.

   ![Step 3: Find it later under Posts, on the Drafts tab.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/vy53y317/production/d3660e75c5321040cbc2b0253ced58c329ce635b-2880x1800.png?w=1600&sharp=25&q=90&auto=format)

4. When you're ready to finish it, click the draft's **More options** menu and choose **Edit**. The composer opens with everything you saved.

   ![Step 4: Open the draft's menu and click Edit.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/vy53y317/production/1e5b6c30b8e40d222b61a764f1904016dc7ee3da-2880x1800.png?w=1600&sharp=25&q=90&auto=format)

5. Click **Continue** through each step, changing anything you need. Here the caption gets its last line.

   ![Step 5: Continue through the steps and finish what's missing.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/vy53y317/production/051cd91b2ee7210252648947cbd876883b220fb2-2880x1800.png?w=1600&sharp=25&q=90&auto=format)

6. On the **Schedule** step, pick the day and time and click **Update & schedule for**. The post moves from **Drafts** to **Scheduled** and appears on the calendar.

   ![Step 6: Schedule it, and it leaves your drafts.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/vy53y317/production/2010f3c6a4ba73849b8c61501d8eb5df277c1b95-2880x1800.png?w=1600&sharp=25&q=90&auto=format)

### Saved as you go

Every **Continue** from the Media step on saves the post as a draft without a message, so a closed tab doesn't lose your work. Saving a draft needs at least one platform.

### Drafts and your plan

Drafts don't count toward the Free plan's 20 posts a month.

### Other ways to get a draft

**Duplicate** in a post's menu makes a copy as a draft. **Show clients this draft** in a draft's menu lets your clients see it in their portal before it's scheduled.

### Deleting a draft

A deleted draft goes to Trash, where you can restore it for 30 days.

## Related articles

- [Plan and reschedule posts on the calendar](https://sociorolla.com/help/creating-and-scheduling/content-calendar)
- [Publish at a different time on each platform](https://sociorolla.com/help/creating-and-scheduling/per-platform-times)

Source: https://sociorolla.com/help/creating-and-scheduling/drafts