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Moving a Post

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Drag a post in month or week view to move it. To choose an exact date and time, open the post's Schedule tab.

Dragging

Drag the post onto the destination day or time block. The move applies immediately.

The Maeve calendar in week view, showing posts sitting in their hour slots across a week with their scheduled times
Drop a post into a two-hour block in week view to change its day and hour.
  • Month view
  • Week view

Mon 28

Tue 29

Wed 30

Thu 1

Fri 2

3:47 PM

Month viewThe target is the whole day, so only the date changes.

The same post, dragged the same distance, in the two views that allow it. Month keeps the time. Week takes the hour from the block you dropped on and keeps the minutes, so the post lands at a time you did not type.
  • Month: Drop onto another day to change the date and keep the time.
  • Week: Drop into a two-hour block to use that block's starting hour and keep the minutes. A 3:47 post dropped on the 8 AM block becomes 8:47.

A post targeting several accounts moves all of them together.

Check the tile's new date and time after dropping it. If the move fails, Maeve shows an error and returns the tile to its previous position.

What Cannot Be Dragged

You cannot drag published, failed, imported, or currently publishing posts, or posts with changes requested.

To reschedule a failed post, open it and change its schedule, or use Edit and Reschedule in Failed Posts. Open a post with changes requested to change its schedule there.

Posts waiting for approval can be moved. Changing the time preserves their approval state. If a waiting post has missed its slot, reschedule it before approval can proceed.

Posts Cannot Move Into the Past

Choose a future slot in the workspace timezone. Past dates and times earlier today are rejected. If the move is rejected, select a later time and try again.

Changing the Time

  1. 1

    Open the Post

    Select the post on the calendar and open Schedule.

  2. 2

    Choose the Date and Time

    Set a future date and time in the workspace timezone.

  3. 3

    Confirm the Change

    Select Confirm Reschedule and review the Reschedule post confirmation.

If you change content without changing the time, the action reads Update Content. It becomes available when you make a change.

Moving One Date of a Repeating Post

Dragging a recurring occurrence moves that occurrence only and marks it Detached. Later series updates will skip it. It cannot be reattached.

Moving one date of a series

Before the drag

RecurringOccurrence #3

Wednesday, with the rest of the series. Changes to the series still reach it.

After the drag

DetachedOccurrence #3

Thursday, on its own. It keeps its number and the series leaves it alone from now on.

No dialog asks which dates you meant, and there is no way back. Maeve never offers a choice between this date and the whole series, because the two are different actions in different places.

Dragging one date of a repeating post detaches it, without asking and without saying so. The badge is the only sign. The rest of the series keeps its cadence, and the detached date can never be put back under the series' control.

To move the remaining series, open an occurrence, set the new date and time, and choose More actions, then Apply schedule to this and future. Published and detached occurrences remain unchanged.

Choose the method before making the change. Dragging does not ask whether you want to move one occurrence or the series.

Questions

Does dragging a post change its time?

Month view keeps the time and changes the date. Week view uses the destination block's starting hour and keeps the minutes.

Why can I not pick up a post?

Check its status. Published, failed, imported, currently publishing posts, and posts with changes requested cannot be dragged.

Can I reschedule a failed post?

Yes. Open the post and change its schedule, or use Edit and Reschedule in Failed Posts. Retry attempts to publish immediately.

Can I drag a post to a day that has passed?

No. Choose a future slot in the workspace timezone.

How do I know a move worked?

Check the tile's new date and time. A failed move shows an error and returns the tile to its previous position.

Does moving a post going to several channels move all of them?

Yes. All accounts on the scheduled post move together.

Can I move a note on the calendar?

Yes. Drag it to another day in month view.

Which views support dragging?

Month and week. In list view, open the post to change its schedule.

How do I move one date of a repeating post?

Drag the occurrence to its new slot. It becomes Detached and is excluded from later series updates.

How do I move a whole repeating series?

Open an occurrence, set the new date and time, then choose More actions, Apply schedule to this and future.

Does moving a post reset its approval?

Changing only the schedule preserves the approval state. Content changes can require another review.

What happens if a move is refused?

Read the error. The tile returns to its previous position, and you can choose another slot.

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