# Drag to reschedule, filter, and what the colors mean

Move a scheduled post by dragging it to another day in the month view, choose which accounts and networks the calendar shows, and read the colors, markers and failure reasons on each post.

Last checked: Oct 8, 2026 on the live app. Source: https://heropost.ai/docs/calendar/reschedule-and-filter/

## How it works

On the calendar's **Month** view you can drag a scheduled post to another day. It keeps its time of day. The rest of this page covers what the calendar shows: which accounts, which statuses and networks, and what each color and marker on a post means.

## Drag a post to another day

1. Open **Calendar** in the **Month** view.
2. Drag a scheduled post onto another day. The post turns see-through and the day under the pointer turns blue.
3. Let go. The post moves to that day at the same time of day, and Heropost confirms, for example "Post rescheduled to Oct 9, 3:15 PM".

[Screenshot: A post being dragged to another day in the month view, with the target day tinted blue]

- **There's no confirmation.** To undo, drag the post back.
- **The new day must be in the future.** You can't drop a post on a past day, or on today if its time has already passed.
- **Month view, on a computer.** The week and day views, and the phone layout, don't support dragging. On a touch-screen computer, press and hold the post for a moment, then drag.
- **Owners, Admins and Editors** can drag. Viewers can't.
- **The time in the message** is shown on a 12-hour clock, in the workspace's time zone.

## Other ways to change a post's date

| Where | How |
|---|---|
| Post editor | Open the post and press **Edit**. It goes back to Draft. Change the date under **Schedule**, then press **Schedule All**. See [Edit, reschedule or delete a post](/docs/posting/edit-or-delete/). |
| Grid Planner (Instagram) | Click the post, use **Reschedule**, then **Save**. See [Plan your Instagram grid](/docs/calendar/grid-planner/). |
| Hero_Agent | On Home, ask "Move post #12 to Friday at 9 AM", or press **Change time** on a post's card. You approve the new time before it changes. |

## Show or hide accounts

The row of account pictures at the top right of the calendar decides whose posts you see.

- **Click a picture** to show or hide that account's posts. Shown accounts are in full color with a ring; hidden ones are faded.
- **Hover over a picture** for the account's name and @handle.
- **Open the arrow** at the end of the row for the **Accounts** panel: every account with a switch and its network, plus **Select All** and **Unselect All**. With more than five accounts, a **Search** box appears.

[Screenshot: The Accounts panel open, with Select All, Unselect All, Search and a switch for each account]

Good to know:

- **The selection is saved for the whole workspace.** Everyone in it sees the same accounts switched on.
- **New and reconnected accounts are switched on** automatically.
- **If every account is off** when the calendar opens, Heropost switches on the first account in alphabetical order.
- **A post shows** when at least one of its accounts is switched on.

## Filter by status or network

The filter bar sits under the controls:

- **Status:** **All**, **Draft**, **Scheduled** or **Published**. The calendar shows scheduled and published posts only, so **Draft** leaves it empty. Drafts are under **Content → Drafts**, and in the [Feed](/docs/calendar/feed/).
- **Platform:** **All**, plus one button per network among this period's posts, such as **Instagram** or **Google** (Google Business Profile). It appears when the period has posts on more than one network. A post shows if any of its networks matches.

Filters reset when you leave the calendar. On a phone, the same filters appear as chips.

## What the colors and markers mean

| Marker | What it means |
|---|---|
| Blue stripe on the left (month view) | Scheduled, or being published right now. Future repeats of a repeating post are blue too. |
| Green stripe | Published |
| Dark red stripe | At least one account failed |
| Red dot at the top right of a post | At least one account failed (all views) |
| Red dot on an account picture | That account failed, or was removed from Heropost ("This account is deleted"). Hover for the reason. |
| **+N** next to the account pictures | More accounts. Hover to list them. |
| **Story**, **Video**, **Carousel**, **Link**, **Photo**, **Text** | The kind of post |
| "Post: {number}" | The post has no title |
| A "not available" picture | The post's media is no longer available |
| Faded day | A day in the past |
| Highlighted day number | Today |

[Screenshot: Posts on the month calendar with a blue, a green and a red stripe, and a failed account marked with a red dot]

## Why an account failed

Hover over the account picture with the red dot to see why. These are the reasons Heropost explains in its own words; for any other failure, you see the network's own message.

| Reason shown | What to do |
|---|---|
| "{account} is paused, so this post was not published to it. Reconnect or contact support to resume posting." | See [What the account markers mean](/docs/social-accounts/account-status/). |
| "{account} has been suspended by X. Posting is not possible until X reinstates the account." | Resolve it with X first. |
| "The X connection for {account} has expired. Reconnect the account to resume posting." | [Reconnect](/docs/social-accounts/reconnect/) the X account. |
| "X did not allow this post for {account}. Please check the account's status and permissions on x.com." | Check the account on x.com. |
| "{account} is locked by X. Unlock it on x.com, then publish again." | Unlock it on x.com, then send the post again. |
| "X posting is temporarily unavailable. If the issue persists, please contact support." | A temporary problem between Heropost and X; no credit is used. If it lasts, [contact support](/contact/). |
| "You've used this month's X posting credits. Buy an X credit pack to keep posting to {account} — free monthly credits reset on the 1st." | Buy X credits: click your name at the bottom of the left menu, then **Billing**, and choose a pack under **Add-ons**. See [X credits](/docs/billing/x-credits/). |
| "{account} reached the daily X posting limit. Posting will resume tomorrow." | Each X account can publish up to 50 posts a day (UTC). Send it again tomorrow. |

Failed posts aren't sent again by themselves. Once you've fixed the cause, open the post's **⋮** menu and choose **Duplicate Failed**: it copies the post for the failed accounts only, ready to schedule. All recent failures are listed under **Content → Posting Errors**: see [The Posting Errors page](/docs/troubleshooting/posting-errors/).

## If it doesn't work

| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| "Failed to reschedule post", with "It is impossible to set this time: {date}, because it does not meet the requirement: the time must be more than the current one (UTC + 0) by 10 seconds and the number of seconds must be 0." | You dropped the post on a past day, or on today after its time. | Drop it on a later day, or open the post and set a new time. |
| A post won't drag | You're in the week or day view, on a phone or tablet layout, or your role is Viewer. | Switch to **Month** on a computer. Viewers can't move posts. |
| "Viewers cannot create or modify content in this workspace." | Your role in this workspace is Viewer. | Ask the workspace owner for the Editor or Admin role. |
| The calendar went empty | Every account is switched off, or a filter hides everything. | Open the account row's arrow and press **Select All**. Set **Status** and **Platform** to **All**. |
| No **Platform** filter | This period's posts are all on one network. | Nothing to do. It appears when there's more than one. |

## Questions

**Does dragging change the time of the post?**

No. The post keeps its time of day and moves to the new date. To change the time, open the post in the editor.


**Can my teammates see the accounts I switched off?**

Yes. The account selection is saved for the whole workspace, so everyone in it sees the same accounts.


**How do I see only one client's posts?**

Give each client their own workspace, and switch workspace at the top. Within a workspace, open the account row's arrow, press **Unselect All**, then switch on that client's accounts.


**Why is the calendar empty when I choose Draft?**

Drafts aren't placed on the calendar. You'll find them under **Content → Drafts**, or with the **Draft** filter in the [Feed](/docs/calendar/feed/).