How to Share a Facebook Post to Your Story or Timeline?

By App World Team | Last updated: August 31, 2026 | appworld.work

Sharing a Facebook post to your Story or your Timeline (also called your Feed or profile) is one of the fastest ways to boost a post's reach, keep your friends updated, or repost something you found interesting. Facebook makes this possible directly from the three-dot menu or the Share button under almost any post, but the exact options you see can vary depending on your device, your app version, and the original post's privacy settings.

This guide walks through every method currently available in the Facebook app in 2026 — sharing to your Story, sharing to your Feed and Timeline, sharing privately in Messenger, and sharing to a Page you manage — plus what to do when the Share button seems to be missing.

Quick answer

Open the Facebook app, find the post in your Feed, and tap Share below it. A menu will appear with options such as Share to Story, Share now (also called Share to Feed), and Send in Messenger. Tap Share to Story to post it as a 24-hour Story, or tap Share now / Share to Feed to publish it straight to your Timeline. Add stickers, text, or a caption if you like, then tap Share to story or Post to confirm.

Table of contents

• Story vs. Timeline: what's the difference?
• How to share a post to your Facebook Story
• How to share a post to your Facebook Timeline
• "Share now" vs. "Share to Feed": what changes
• How to customize your Story before posting
• Sharing a post to a Page's Story or Timeline
• Can you do this on a computer?
• Choosing who can see your shared post or Story
• Fixing it when the Share button isn't working
• Frequently asked questions

Story vs. Timeline: what's the difference?

Before sharing, it helps to know what each destination actually does, since Facebook now treats them as two separate publishing paths.

• Story: A vertical, full-screen post that appears at the top of the Facebook home screen. According to Facebook's own Help Center, stories are photos, videos, and posts that remain visible for 24 hours before disappearing, unless you have your Story archive turned on to save them privately for later.
• Timeline (Feed): A standard post that appears in your Feed and stays permanently on your profile's Timeline, visible to whichever audience you choose, until you or Facebook removes it.

Because these are different formats, Facebook's share menu usually gives you separate buttons for each: one for a temporary Story and one for a permanent Feed/Timeline post. Some third-party tools even let you publish to both at once by toggling on an "Also share to Story" option, but inside the native Facebook app the two are chosen individually from the share sheet.

How to share a post to your Facebook Story

Here's the process for sharing someone else's post — or your own — into your Story from the mobile Facebook app on iOS or Android.

1. Open the Facebook app and go to your News Feed.
2. Find the post you want to share and tap the Share icon underneath it (it looks like a curved arrow, usually next to Like and Comment).
3. From the menu that pops up, tap Share to Story (sometimes labeled Add to Story or Share to Your Story).
4. The post appears as a sticker on a Story canvas. You can drag it around, resize it, add text, stickers, drawings, or a background color.
5. Choose your audience for the Story — Public, Friends, or a Custom list.
6. Tap Share to story (or Your Story) to publish it.

Once posted, the shared post will sit at the top of the Facebook app in the Stories bar for 24 hours. Anyone who views it can tap through to see the original post it came from.

How to share a post to your Facebook Timeline

If you'd rather the post live permanently on your profile and appear in your friends' Feeds, share it to your Timeline instead of your Story.

1. Open the Facebook app and locate the post in your Feed.
2. Tap the Share button below the post.
3. From the options shown — which typically include Share now, Share to Feed, Share to Your Story, Send in Messenger, and Share to a Page — tap Share now or Share to Feed.
4. If you chose "Share to Feed," you'll get a compose screen where you can add your own caption, tag friends, choose your privacy audience, and decide whether to keep the original post's text visible.
5. Tap Post (or Share Now to skip customization and publish instantly).

The post will now appear on your Timeline and in the Feeds of the audience you selected, alongside a note that you shared it from the original poster or Page.

"Share now" vs. "Share to Feed": what changes

Facebook's share sheet often shows both a one-tap Share now option and a fuller Share to Feed option, and it's easy to tap the wrong one if you're in a hurry.

• Share now: Publishes the post instantly to your Timeline with your default privacy setting and no added caption. This is the fastest route when you just want the post reposted right away, such as breaking news or a time-limited promotion.
• Share to Feed: Opens a compose screen first, letting you write a comment, tag people, change the audience for this specific share, and preview exactly how it will look before it goes live.

If you want full control over wording and privacy, use Share to Feed. If speed matters more than customization, Share now is the quicker option.

How to customize your Story before posting

Once a shared post lands on the Story canvas, the Facebook app gives you several creative tools before you publish:

• Stickers: Add polls, questions, location tags, GIFs, or "feeling" stickers from the sticker tray at the top of the screen.
• Text: Tap the text tool to add a caption over or around the shared post, and choose from several fonts and colors.
• Music: On supported phones, tap the music note icon to add a licensed audio track behind your Story. This feature requires the Facebook app for iOS or Android and is not yet available to every account.
• Drawing: Use the pen tool to sketch or highlight parts of the shared post.
• Resize and reposition: Pinch to resize the shared post card and drag it anywhere on the canvas.

Keep in mind that stickers and music generally cannot be added to a plain text-only Story card — those tools are meant for photo, video, or shared-post backgrounds.

Sharing a post to a Page's Story or Timeline

If you help manage a Facebook Page, you may want to share a post to the Page's Story or Timeline instead of your personal profile. The process is similar, with one extra step:

1. Tap Share on the post you want to repost.
2. Choose Share to a Page from the menu.
3. Select which Page you manage that you'd like to post from.
4. Pick Share to Story or Share to Feed for that Page, then confirm.

For teams that need to schedule Page content ahead of time rather than share it in the moment, Meta Business Suite lets you select a Page, start a post, choose Story as the placement, and publish or schedule it for later — something that isn't possible with a personal profile Story, which can only be shared manually and in real time from the mobile app.

Can you do this on a computer?

Yes, though the experience is more limited than on mobile. On facebook.com, you can find the Story option near the top of your Feed or News Feed page, upload a photo or video, and publish it as a Story directly from your browser. However, many of the creative tools available on mobile — such as music, certain stickers, and drawing — are limited or unavailable on desktop. Sharing a post to your Timeline from a browser works the same way as on mobile: click Share under the post, choose your destination, and confirm.

Choosing who can see your shared post or Story

Every time you share something, Facebook lets you set an audience separately for that specific share:

• Public: Anyone on or off Facebook can see it.
• Friends: Only people you're connected to as friends.
• Custom: A specific list of people, or everyone except certain people you choose to exclude.

Note that the audience you choose cannot be wider than the privacy setting the original poster used. For example, if someone shared a post with "Friends" only, you generally cannot re-share it publicly beyond what their settings allow.

Fixing it when the Share button isn't working

If you tap Share and nothing happens, or the Share to Story option is missing entirely, it's usually one of the following:

• The original poster disabled sharing. Under Facebook's Profile and Tagging privacy settings, users can turn off "Allow others to share your posts to their story," which removes the option for everyone viewing that post.
• The post's privacy is set to "Only me" or a restricted custom list. Posts with very limited visibility typically can't be shared further.
• You're using an outdated app version. Update the Facebook app from the App Store or Google Play, since older versions sometimes display a different or reduced share menu.
• A temporary bug or slow connection. Force-close the app, check your internet connection, and try again. If the problem persists, log out and back in.
• The content type isn't shareable. Certain post types, such as some text-only status updates or content with copyright restrictions, may not support the Share to Story option at all.

Frequently asked questions

Does sharing a post remove it from my Timeline later?

No. Sharing a post to your Timeline creates a separate entry that stays there until you manually delete it — it isn't automatically removed just because the original post is deleted, although the shared content itself may show as unavailable if the source is taken down.

How long does a shared Story stay visible?

A Story, including a shared post added to your Story, stays visible for 24 hours from the moment you post it. After that, it disappears from the Stories bar unless you've turned on your Story archive to save it privately.

Can I share a post to both my Story and my Timeline at the same time?

Within the native Facebook app, you generally need to choose one destination at a time from the share menu — Share to Story or Share to Feed — rather than publishing to both in a single tap. Some third-party scheduling tools offer a combined "also share to Story" toggle when composing a new post, but that applies to content you're creating fresh, not to resharing an existing Feed post from inside the Facebook app itself.

Why can't I add music to my shared Story?

Music stickers for Stories are only available inside the Facebook app for iOS and Android, are not accessible from desktop, and are still being rolled out gradually, so not every account has access yet.

Will the original poster know I shared their post?

Yes. The original poster is typically notified when someone shares their post, and your share will display their name or Page as the original source.

What size or format should the image be for a shared Story?

Facebook Stories use a vertical 9:16 format, roughly 1080 by 1920 pixels. When you share an existing Feed post into a Story, Facebook automatically places it on a vertical canvas for you, so you don't need to resize anything yourself.

Final thoughts

Whether you're reposting a friend's update, promoting your business Page, or just want something to appear in your Story for the next 24 hours, the Facebook app puts every sharing option in one place: tap Share, then choose Story, Feed, Messenger, or a Page. Understanding the difference between a temporary Story and a permanent Timeline post — and knowing why the Share button sometimes goes missing — makes it much easier to get your content in front of the right audience every time.

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