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Can you export scheduled posts from Hootsuite?

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Quick answer

Yes. Hootsuite's Publisher exports scheduled and past-scheduled posts to CSV, per its own help documentation. Two catches: exported files do not include images, and the export format differs from bulk-upload formats, so migrating means reattaching media and remapping columns before importing anywhere, including Cloud Campaign's bulk upload.

This is one of the first practical questions in any Hootsuite migration, and the answer is a qualified yes with two catches that shape the whole migration plan.

What Hootsuite's export actually gives you

Per Hootsuite's help center as of August 2026, the Publisher's list view exports scheduled posts, and past scheduled posts on paid plans, to CSV in several date formats, without editing or deleting the scheduled content. The catches, stated in Hootsuite's own documentation: export files do not contain images, including for Instagram profiles, and exported files compile differently than the CSV format used for bulk uploading. So what you get is a reliable inventory of copy, timing, and links, not a turnkey transfer file.

How to use the export in a migration

Treat the CSV as the content manifest. Step one, export scheduled posts per profile and consolidate. Step two, remap columns to the destination tool's bulk-import template, date, time, copy, link, since column order and date conventions will differ. Step three, reattach media: pull images and video from your content library or drive storage rather than from Hootsuite, and match them to rows. Step four, bulk-import the remapped file, review the staged queue, and fix the stragglers by hand. For a typical agency queue of a few weeks, this is an afternoon of spreadsheet work, not a rebuild.

The destination side

Cloud Campaign supports CSV bulk upload for scheduling at volume, so the remapped manifest drops straight into a client workspace, and media reattaches during import review. Paired with a short parallel-run overlap, the export-remap-import path moves a Hootsuite queue without a publishing gap. Export behavior described above was verified against Hootsuite's help center documentation in August 2026.

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