Typically when I hop onto Facebook, I am actually after something specific for work. I don’t often have time to leisurely scroll through my newsfeed…If something interesting catches my eye, I’ve found it’s far more effective to “save for later,” than stop to read the entire piece.
Today I am going to show you how simple it is to save Facebook posts for later!
Scrolling through your newsfeed, you come across something interesting. It might be a link, a place, a movie, music, etc. You can save those items on Facebook to check out later when you’ve got more time.
You know, something like this fun Fancy Parody video from Girls with Glasses. Shared by my friend Emily.
To save this for later, pop over to the “more” button.
From the drop down, select “save.”
To review saved items later, pop over to the left sidebar and find “APPS.” Depending on how many apps you’ve allowed access to your Facebook page, “saved” may show up under the app heading, or under the “more” arrow.
Here’s what it will look like when you click on the “saved” app.
Only you can see the items you save unless you choose to share the posts with friends. You can share saved items to your personal page, groups or a fan page.
So helpful!
The process is actually fairly similar on your phone…In fact, it might be slightly more functional. Here’s a photo step-by-step…
Let’s review for the mobile users…
1. Find a post you’d like to save.
2. Click on “more” in the upper right of the post and save.
3. Click on “more” in the lower left of your home page and click on saved.
4. View saved posts.
5. To share or archive your posts swipe with your finger.
6. View, share or archive saved post.
Will use this feature when scrolling through Facebook?
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Thank you for this. It will be helpful to eke my mobile viewing from going off on a tangent.
Gina, isn’t that the truth! I fall down many an internet black hole. xoxo Tauni
Really helpful, thank you – I wasn’t aware of this function and was getting sidetracked regularly, or resorting to taking screenshots on my phone of posts I wanted to come back to (and never did!).
Yay! I am so glad this will help you Emily. I have that same problem. xoxo Tauni
Hello Tauni: when I click on the check in the right hand I don’t have a option save. Can you tell me what I might be doing wrong?
Deb, it may be the post you’re trying to save. The save feature only shows up for links, movies, places etc. It’s not going to show up on a short two sentence status update. I think they figure you actually have time to browse and comment on those if you want…At least that’s my guess. Try it on another update and see if you can’t get it to work. xoxo Tauni
Tauni,
I am rather proud today. I figured this out through trial and error. I do have a question about saving.
How come some do not have the save space when you go to more? Do you know why that occurs or what you can do to save the post?
Thanks for sharing,
Karen Marie
Dragonfly & Lily Pads
Karen, I think you might be trying to save a status update. There isn’t a way to save that. You can save links, places, etc. Good luck! xoxo Tauni
So so sooooo helpful! Thanks for the great hint!
You bet Vanessa! Simple tips are always the best. xoxo Tauni
Thanks for sharing
You bet! Hope you find it to be useful! xoxo Tauni
Genius!
I have been wondering if there was a way to do this for years now! Thank you!
You bet Meranda! Have fun saving your posts! xoxo Tauni
This is great! I had no idea you could do this. Oh and I was pleasantly surprised to see Bev’s post featured. 😉
First, thank you for this…. I always see so many things I want to read but don’t have time and later are impossible to relocate. I am wondering how you delete from saved after you have read and are done or no longer wish to save AND do not want to archive. Thanks!! Crystall
Crystall, I don’t think there is a way to delete without an “archive.” Once it’s archived though, it doesn’t pop up in your saved file anymore…xoxo Tauni
That was a great help this weekend when I was away. I got to save some great looking recipes. I was liking things and then had to go back through my activity log to find what I likes.
How do you delete after reading?
Hi Barbara, there’s a little “x” in the top right of the saved post. You can just click it to delete. Enjoy! Tauni
Very helpful.. Better than sharing to my own page which I’ve been doing. Thanks!
I didn’t know this. Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks! This will come in handy.
Thanks for sharing this! I knew how to save, but didn’t know where to find the saved links to share them later. =)
You bet! Happy Facebooking! xo Tauni