---
title: "Cover Images"
description: "Learn how to choose a custom cover image for your videos, and which platforms support this feature."
canonical_url: "https://help.postpone.app/content/media-library/cover-images"
---
# Cover Images

> Learn how to choose a custom cover image for your videos, and which platforms support this feature.

A cover image (also called a thumbnail) is the image shown for a video before it's played. Instead of relying on a platform's auto-generated thumbnail, Postpone lets you choose exactly how your video should look before someone taps play.

## Supported Platforms

Cover images are supported on:

- Instagram
- Facebook
- TikTok
- Pinterest
- LinkedIn

<note>

On TikTok, you can only choose a frame from the video itself — TikTok doesn't support uploading a custom image as a cover.

</note>

## Ways to Choose a Cover Image

- **Pick a frame from the video** — Drag the slider to scrub through the video and select the exact frame you want to use.
- **Upload or select a custom image** — Use an image from your device or your Content Library. This option isn't available for TikTok.

## Adding a Cover Image While Scheduling a Post

1. Click **New Post**, select an account, and upload or select a video.
2. Hover over the video in the media gallery and click the cover image icon.
3. Choose a cover using either method:

  - Drag the slider below the video preview to pick a frame.
  - Uload a custom image or select one from your Content Library.
4. Click **Save Cover Image**.

<note>

Cover images can be set from within the post composer for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.

</note>

On Instagram, the cover picker is only available for Reels and single-video feed posts (which publish as Reels). On Facebook, it's only available for Reels.

## Adding a Cover Image From the Content Library

1. Navigate to the **Content Library**.
2. Find the video you want to update.
3. Click the actions menu (**⋮**) on the video, then select **Add cover image** (or **Change cover image** if one is already set).
4. Choose a cover using either method described above.
5. Click **Save Cover Image**.

<note>

A cover image is saved on the video itself, so it applies everywhere that video is used — across posts, platforms, and future reuses of the same video from your Content Library.

</note>


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