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title: Is X preventing your posts? How to delete accumulated unsent drafts
url: https://roboin.io/article/en/2026/05/20/how-to-delete-stuck-drafts-and-failed-posts-causing-x-posting-issues/
description: X is rolling out a change that lowers the daily post limit for
unverified accounts to 50 posts per day, but more users are reporting cases
where they become unable to post after only a few posts, even though they
should not have reached the 50-post daily limit. This article explains the
details of this issue and what to do if it happens to you.
publishedDate: 2026-05-19T15:44:07.658Z
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# Is X preventing your posts? How to delete accumulated unsent drafts
X is rolling out a change that lowers the daily post limit for unverified accounts to 50 posts per day, but more users are reporting cases where they become unable to post after only a few posts, even though they should not have reached the 50-post daily limit.
In these cases, posts with the same content that failed to send may have been saved in large numbers as drafts.
This article explains the details of this issue and what to do if it happens to you.
## Unsent posts may have been saved as duplicated drafts
X recently lowered the posting limit for unverified accounts to 50 original posts per day and 200 replies per day.
Verified accounts are accounts with a blue or gold badge, while unverified accounts are accounts without a badge.
This means that free accounts that are not paying for X, as well as accounts subscribed to the Basic plan of X Premium, can post only 50 posts per day.
[Can you only post 50 times a day on X? A complete guide to the new limits for free accounts and what to do about them](https://roboin.io/article/en/2026/05/17/x-limits-free-accounts-to-50-posts-per-day/)
However, many users on X are reporting cases where they become unable to post even though they clearly have not posted 50 times.
In such cases, the cause may be that posts that failed to send have been saved repeatedly as drafts under [Unsent posts].
Try checking whether a large number of drafts with the same content have been saved in the web version of X.
## How to check and delete drafts on the web version of X
You can check drafts from the X web client. If a large number of duplicated drafts have been saved, that may be why you can no longer publish posts.
Follow the steps below to check your drafts and see whether a large number of them have been saved.
Open the X web client
:::tip
If the app opens instead of the web version of X when you try to access it, please refer to this article.
[How to deal with the browser version of X \(Twitter\) redirecting to the app and not opening](https://roboin.io/article/en/2025/10/17/how-to-fix-twitter-web-links-that-automatically-open-in-the-app/)
:::
Click [Drafts] in the upper-right corner of the post composer
![A screenshot of the X post composer, showing a \[Drafts\] button in the top right corner.](https://roboin.io/api/media/file/x-post-composer-draft-button-english.png)
Check the [Unsent posts] tab
![A screenshot showing the \[Unsent posts\] tab in the X \[Drafts\] dialog.](https://roboin.io/api/media/file/x-draft-post-list-english.png)
If a large number of drafts are saved in this [Unsent posts] tab, that may be preventing you from posting.
Try deleting the drafts by following the steps below.
Open the [Unsent posts] tab in [Drafts]
Click [Edit] in the upper-right corner
Click the checkbox to the left of each draft you want to delete, or click [Select all] in the lower-left corner to select all drafts
Click [Delete] in the lower-right corner
:::tip[If the message [There are unsent posts that cannot be deleted] appears]
When you try to delete a large number of drafts at once, the message [There are unsent posts that cannot be deleted] may appear.
In that case, clicking [Delete] will delete a few items at a time, so please try clicking [Delete] repeatedly.
:::
After deleting the large number of saved drafts, wait a few hours to about a day, and you should be able to post again
## In some cases, turning off Wi-Fi may let you post
Another increasingly common case is that users cannot post while connected to Wi-Fi, but can post after switching to mobile data.
If you check your drafts on the web version of X and do not find a large number of saved drafts, you may be able to post by turning off Wi-Fi.
This issue is explained in more detail in the following article.
[X is currently experiencing a bug that prevents posting over Wi-Fi: Causes and fixes when you cannot post](https://roboin.io/article/en/2026/05/19/x-wi-fi-posting-bug-explained-with-causes-and-fixes/)
## Things to check if you still cannot post
If you still cannot post after deleting unsent posts or switching from Wi-Fi to mobile data, there may be another cause.
### Check whether you have reached the posting limit
As mentioned above, unverified accounts can post only 50 original posts per day and 200 replies per day.
An unverified account means an account that does not have a badge, such as a blue or gold badge.
Unverified accounts include free accounts as well as accounts on the Basic plan of X Premium.
If these conditions apply to your account, check whether you have reached the posting limit.
If you have reached the posting limit, wait one day or consider subscribing to the Premium plan of X Premium or higher.
[Can you only post 50 times a day on X? A complete guide to the new limits for free accounts and what to do about them](https://roboin.io/article/en/2026/05/17/x-limits-free-accounts-to-50-posts-per-day/)
### Restart the X app or your smartphone
If you cannot publish posts even though you have not reached the posting limit, restarting the X app or your smartphone may fix the issue.
If a new version of the X app is available, it is also worth trying an update.
### Try posting again after some time
A temporary outage on X may also prevent you from publishing posts.
In particular, if you search for terms such as “X outage” and see many posts saying that an outage is occurring, X may be experiencing an issue.
If there is an outage, do not keep trying to post repeatedly. Wait for a while before posting again.
### Try posting from the browser version
If none of the above applies and you cannot post from the X app, try posting from a browser such as Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
If you can post from the browser version, the issue may be caused by a bug in the app.
If the X app opens automatically and you cannot open the browser version, refer to this article.
[How to deal with the browser version of X \(Twitter\) redirecting to the app and not opening](https://roboin.io/article/en/2025/10/17/how-to-fix-twitter-web-links-that-automatically-open-in-the-app/)
## Conclusion
If you cannot post on X even though you have not posted 50 times in a day, posts that failed to send may have been saved in large numbers under [Unsent posts].
Opening the post composer in the web version of X, deleting the duplicated drafts, and then waiting a little while before posting again may fix the issue.