How to Add Photos to Facebook Posts

Create a new post with a photo

Open Facebook. If you're on a mobile device, it's the blue icon with a white 'F' on your screen (iPhone or iPad) or in your app drawer (Android). For computers, visit https://www.facebook.com and log in with your username and password.

Tap or click What are you thinking? ( What's on your mind? ).

If you're posting on someone else's page, click or tap Write something to ( friend's name ) near the top of the page.

Tap or click Photo/Video ( Photo/Video ). This item is located directly below the text box.

Choose a photo.

On a smartphone or tablet: Tap the photo you want to add, then tap Done in the top right corner of the screen. To select more photos, tap the photos you want to post.

On a computer: Click on the photo you want to add, then click the Open button in the lower right corner of the window. To select multiple photos, hold down the (Windows) or (Mac) button as you click.Ctrl⌘ Command

Tap or click Post . Your post and photo will appear.

Add photos to comments

Open Facebook. If you're on a mobile device, it's the blue icon with a white 'F' on your screen (iPhone or iPad) or in your app drawer (Android). For computers, visit https://www.facebook.com and log in with your username and password.

Use this method to reply to other people's Facebook photo comments.

Visit the article you like to add a photo. This can be done on your personal timeline or any posts that appear in your news feed.

If you're having trouble finding newsfeed posts, enter your friend's name in the search box at the top of the screen to find their account. This makes searching easier.

Tap or click Write a comment… ( Write a comment… ). This is the space below the current comment section of an article where you can usually enter your own response.

Enter comments. If you don't want to write any comments with the photo, you can skip this step.

Tap or click the Photo icon. This icon looks like a camera in a text box.

Choose a photo.

On a smartphone or tablet: Tap the photo you want to upload, then tap Done in the top right corner of the screen.

On a computer: click the photo you want to add, then click the Open box in the lower right corner of the window.

Post photo comments. On a computer, tap ⏎ Returnon Mac or ↵ Enteron Windows. With mobile, tap the Send icon in the bottom right corner of the screen (looks like a paper airplane). Your photo will appear in the comments section.

Edit post to add photos

Open Facebook. If you're on a mobile device, it's the blue icon with a white 'F' on your screen (iPhone or iPad) or in your app drawer (Android). For computers, visit https://www.facebook.com and log in with your username and password.

Use this method if you've posted something on your personal Facebook timeline and want to add a photo to the post.

Find the post you want to edit. You can search on your personal timeline, with posts displayed in order of posting (the newest post will be at the top). To go to your profile, tap or click your profile image in the top left corner of the page.

Tap or click the arrow in the top right corner of the post.

Select Edit Post .

Tap or click Photo/Video ( Photo/Video ). If you use a computer, this icon will look like a camera in the lower left corner of the article.

Choose a photo.

On a smartphone or tablet: Tap the photo you want to upload, then tap Done in the top right corner of the screen. To select multiple photos, simply tap the number of photos you want.

On a computer: Click the photo you want to add, then click Open in the lower right corner of the window. To select multiple photos, hold down Ctrl(Windows) or ⌘ Command(Mac) as you click each photo.

Tap or click Post . If you're using a smartphone or tablet, this button will be in the top right corner of the screen. The photo(s) will now appear in your original post.