> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect your social accounts

> Connect YouTube, LinkedIn, X, TikTok and Facebook (which covers Instagram) under Settings → Connections, or straight from Share → Publish, so Tella can publish your videos there. Connections are yours, not the workspace's.

Connect YouTube, LinkedIn, X, TikTok and Facebook under **Settings** → **Connections** so Tella can [publish your videos](/docs/help/sharing/publish-to-social-media) to them. The Facebook connection covers both your Facebook Pages and the Instagram professional accounts linked to them. You can also connect a platform straight from the **Publish** tab.

## Connect an account

1. Click your **workspace name** in the top-left corner and open **Settings** → **Connections**.
2. Under **Publishing**, find **YouTube**, **LinkedIn**, **X**, **TikTok** or **Facebook** and click **Connect**.
3. Sign in to the platform in the tab that opens and allow Tella access.
4. Come back to Tella. The account appears under the platform's card.

To connect while publishing instead, click **Share** → **Publish**, hover a platform under **Destinations**, and click **Connect**.

## Connect more than one account

You can connect several accounts per platform, for example a personal and a company X account, or two YouTube channels. Once a platform has one, its button reads **Add account**: click it and sign in with the other account. For YouTube, pick the other channel on Google's screen.

Each account is listed under its platform. Its **⋯** menu (**Account actions**) has **Rename** and **Disconnect**, and a **Reconnect** button appears next to it only when the account needs reconnecting. When you publish, choose which accounts to post to under **Posting as** in **Destinations**.

## Rename an account

Open the account's **⋯** menu, choose **Rename**, type a name (up to 255 characters), and click **Save**. The name is just for you: it shows in **Settings** → **Connections**, the **Publish** tab, and to the API and MCP. Save an empty name to go back to the account's own name on the platform.

## Connect Instagram

Instagram connects through **Facebook**: Meta only lets apps post to Instagram professional accounts linked to a Facebook Page. Connect **Facebook** with the Facebook account that manages the Page, and allow Tella access to the Page and its Instagram account. See [Publish to Instagram and Facebook](/docs/help/sharing/publish-to-instagram-and-facebook).

## Set your default Facebook Page and Instagram account

Once Facebook is connected, its card in **Settings** → **Connections** shows **Default Facebook Page** and **Default Instagram account**. The **Publish** tab starts on these, and the API and MCP post to them. You can still pick a different one each time you publish in the app.

## Who can use my connected accounts?

Only you. Connections belong to your Tella user, not your workspace: when a teammate publishes a video you share with them, it goes to their own connected accounts. Teammates never see or post to yours.

## Reconnect an account that has expired

When a platform ends Tella's access, the account reads **Needs reconnecting** and shows a **Reconnect** button. Click it and sign in again with that account.

For YouTube, Google sometimes refuses to renew access. Clicking **Reconnect** then opens **Remove Tella at Google first**. Remove Tella at [myaccount.google.com/permissions](https://myaccount.google.com/permissions), then click **I've removed it, reconnect**. If you skip this step, the new connection stops working after an hour.

## Disconnect an account

Open the account's **⋯** menu and choose **Disconnect**. Your other accounts on that platform stay connected, and posts you've already published stay on the platform.

When you disconnect YouTube, also remove Tella at [myaccount.google.com/permissions](https://myaccount.google.com/permissions). Otherwise the next YouTube connection expires after an hour.


## Related topics

- [Publish to social media with the API or MCP](/docs/help/integrations/publish-with-the-api-and-mcp.md)
- [Publish a video to social media](/docs/help/sharing/publish-to-social-media.md)
- [Integrations](/docs/help/integrations/overview.md)
- [Connect Tella with Zapier](/docs/help/integrations/connect-tella-with-zapier.md)
- [Linear integration](/docs/help/integrations/linear-integration.md)


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